'Chama River View" by Jeff Tabor
Acrylic on Canvas/Framed 
20" x 24"
 
Jeff Tabor was born in Clovis, New Mexico in 1951 and spent his youth in Artesia, NM. He graduated in 1973 from Abilene Christian University with a BS in education. In 1975, he received his MFA from Florida State University, where he studied with Trevor Bell and Ray Burgraff. Tabor joined the art faculty of Abilene Christian University in the fall of 1975, where he taught painting, drawing, and design for the next nine and a half years. He and his family then spent two years in the Republic of South Africa as missionaries. Jeff spent 17 years in New England prior to returning to live and work in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2004. 
 
His media include oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, collage, and printmaking. He has exhibited extensively in the United States and has won over 25 awards for his work in competitions and art shows. He received various grants from the Cullen Foundation for his work while teaching in Texas. He was awarded the “Alumni Artist of the Year” at Lubbock Christian University in 2017. Tabor’s work has received national and international recognition and is among distinguished private and public collections, including Dr. M. G. Buthelezi, Minister of Home Affairs, Republic of South Africa and Senator Jeff Bingaman, Santa Fe, NM. 
 
Gallery owner Elizabeth Bradley describes Tabor’s work as having “bold colors [with] broad patterns that simplify his subject matters, infusing them with a timeless quality. His landscapes reflect serenity by his masterful use of light, while his Boston cityscapes portray in their daring hues the dynamics of a busy city.”