Hello! I’m excited to invite you to a special exhibition this July at The Gallery ABQ:  Northeast Meets Southwest, featuring the powerful, expressive paintings of my father, John Stermer, alongside ceramic works by the talented Laura McIndoo of Redbud Pottery. About John Stermer. John Stermer’s career spanned continents, but his artistic voice found its home in New Mexico. […]

Introduction. In this post, I will discuss John Stermer as a painter of southwestern United States themes.  I have been thinking about this topic because of our upcoming show at The Gallery ABQ*. Southwestern Themes. So what is the deal about painting southwestern themes?  Eastern Background. When John Stermer moved to New Mexico with his […]

Today (March 29th) is our National Vietnam Veterans Day.  And, to all the Vietnam Veterans and their families, thank you for your service.     Growing up in Bayard and Silver City NM, I remember seeing soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines in uniform when they were home on leave.  Many of these young people were […]

Greetings! We are excited to share good news with you!  Announcing “Northeast Meets Southwest”,  an exhibition of two New Mexico artists’ works, John Stermer and Laura McIndoo, at The Gallery ABQ in the Salon, this coming July 2025. Our intention with this article is to announce the show and introduce artist Laura McIndoo. Then, we […]

Greetings! How about something a little different and fun?  When I saw these posters from J.R. Absher’s gallery shows, I thought they were wonderful and wanted to share them with you.   Naturally, seeing a poster for a John Stermer show definitely caught my attention! So, it is my pleasure to do a special short […]

We (John Stermer Estate/ Stermer Art LLC) would like to congratulate Ms. Nayeli Mancilla for being the academic year 2024-2025 Western New Mexico University (WNMU) John Stermer Art Scholarship winner!  Artist’s Statement. As a way to introduce Nayeli and her work, we would like to share with you Ms. Mancilla’s artist’s statement: “My journey into […]