Taos Fall Arts Festival 2006 poster artist J. Chris Morel talks with Rick Romancito at the "Taos Invites Taos" opening reception September 29, 2006. The even takes place at Taos Civic Center and the Taos Invites Taos exhibit is considered the centerpiece of the 32-year-old event. Originally from Maryland landscape painter J Chris Morel moved to Austin, Texas in the late 1980s and worked as an illustrator for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Then he quit his job to pursue his fine art talents and worked first in watercolor and then oil. In 1994, he and his wife moved their family to Taos, New Mexico, from where he has received numerous awards including the 2002 Region II Award for Arts in the Parks.
