MUSICIANS JANEY KATZ - Zia Publishing

40 – SILVER CITY LIFEsculptures, came later. The number of galleries displaying her work mushroomed fromone in Santa Fe to 100 around the country.In 1998, Janey and Suzi Calhoun bought Little Cherry Creek Ranch north of SilverCity as a “getaway” from their home in Galisteo near Santa Fe. Janey says they weren'there three days when they realized there was something magical about Silver City.“The people are Silver City," she says. "This town feels very seamless to me."They stayed and have become active additions to the downtown. Suzi, also an artist,displays her pottery next to Janey’s critters at Art and Conversation. They also have YadaYada Yarn and The Wherehouse, home to an antique, art, and flea market during thesummer months. Their latest investment is “The Hub,” a city block downtown where anold Chevrolet dealership once stood. Janey envisions a town square retaining the historic“car dealership feel,” with fountains, benches, restaurants and shops.Every unique piece of Janey’s artwork reflects a bit of her personality. Turn the artworkover and you'll know the year and make of the resurrected vehicle. In the case of a HoodOrnament critter pin, she feels “animals are always a reminder of the existence ofunconditional love.” If you have a Critter from the Hood sculpture, she says that, “beingas they're from the ‘Hood,’ they each have an attitude of their own.”If you own one of her earlier angel artworks, then she believes you have a “guardian.”But perhaps that spirit applies to all of her art.“My belief is that we all have ‘guardian angels’ that watch over, protect and care forus,” Janey says. “My hope is that you will take my sculptures home and hang them in aspecial place where they can make you smile and remind you that you never really haveto do anything alone.”