Spectre of Ancient Pathways
By Steve Kestrel, Installed 1989
Steve Kestrel grew up in southern New Mexico at the interface of the high desert and Sacramento mountains. This edge of the Chihuahuan Desert is a land of contrasts, in its ecosystems and corresponding flora and fauna. The bones of the land are there for all to see and read, if motivated and curious enough. With his family, he raised and trained quarter horses and worked cattle on ranches up through his college years. Kestrel now resides with his wife, Cindi, on a 43-acre “wildlife preserve” in Colorado’s Redstone Canyon. Of his Colorado home and studio, Kestrel says:
“My studio in Redstone Canyon is a converted 3,400 sq. ft. barn (originally built in 1952 & added to in 1984) on which I have done very extensive remodeling work. I now have it divided into working sections- stone carving room; welding & metal chasing room; mold & wax storage room; large 28’ x 40’ general work room; office, library, display room and large storage rooms.
