Diné artist’s work vibrates through hotels

Posted by Shondiin Silversmith | Aug 6, 2015 | Arts |

Randy L. Barton stands in front of several of his original paintings. He was commissioned to create this painting, for the Eldorado Hotel & Spa, in addition to over 70 other pieces. (Courtesy photo)

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At hotels, we are often greeted by the same boring artwork, but Navajo artist Randy L. Barton got to change that for two hotels in New Mexico.

Navajo neo-contemporary artist Randy L. Barton uses a stencil and red spray paint on one of the original paintings he created for the Eldorado Hotel & Spa. (Courtesy photo)

Barton, 36, customized a room inside the Nativo Lodge in Albuquerque, N.M., and painted 75 original pieces for the El Dorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe, N.M.

Nativo Lodge and Eldorado Hotel & Spa are part of Heritage Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

Barton was given the opportunity to paint the room at Nativo Lodge through the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts/Heritage Hotels Rising Artist Fellowship.

This fellowship allows an artist to reside at the Nativo Lodge in Albuquerque, and in that time redesign a guest room for the hotel.

Senior Marketing and Creative Director Maresa Thompson said Barton completed the Nativo Lodge room this past January, and so far it has been reported by their guests as “one of the favored rooms.”