Current Exhibition

Current exhibition · Faust Gallery Santa Fe

Jayden Amber Starr

Out of the Fire

Hand-painted stoneware from Lonesome Moon Studios
November 6–20, 2026 · Opening reception Friday, November 6, 5–7 p.m.

Jayden Amber Starr paints the American West on clay. Raised in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and working today in Prescott, Arizona, she trained as a painter and printmaker and treats each wheel-thrown or hand-coiled form as a canvas: historical figures, working cowboys, wildlife, and desert flora, painted in underglaze and fired twice. She never makes the same piece twice. This is her debut solo show.

Elfego Baca Vase

Wheel-thrown and hand-sculpted stoneware, underglaze and glaze · 19 × 8.5 in. · 2026

This three-tiered vessel traces a visual story of New Mexico through history, place, and mythology. The upper tier features a portrait of Elfego Baca, the legendary New Mexican lawman and gunfighter whose life became lore of the American West. He is surrounded by hollyhock flowers, which continue beyond the painted surface as hand-sculpted flowers climbing the vessel.

The middle tier shifts from figure to place, depicting a townscape inspired by the adobe architecture and landscape of Santa Fe. Below, horseback cowboys ride through the New Mexican desert, representing the men who pursued Baca following the infamous Frisco shootout.

Wild Prairie Rose Vase

Wheel-thrown and hand-sculpted stoneware, underglaze and glaze · 2026

There’s a certain kind of beauty that belongs to the wild prairie rose. Growing wherever it pleases, weathering the harshness of the open plains, it is as resilient as it is beautiful. Delicate in bloom, but armed with thorns, it’s a flower made to endure. Much like the cowgirl herself.

Sweeping, sharply pointed handles rise alongside blooming roses, marrying elegance with an unmistakable edge. At its center stands a cowgirl, a little wild and entirely her own. A reminder that even the prettiest things on the prairie have a little fight in them.

Yucca Chain Vase

Wheel-thrown and hand-sculpted stoneware, underglaze and glaze · 11 × 7.5 in. · 2026

Along the lower portion, running horses move among flowering yucca, New Mexico’s state flower rooting the piece in the desert landscape. Above, roping cowboys reference the ranching and horsemanship traditions that have long shaped the region.

A hand-sculpted ceramic chain wraps around the center of the vessel, physically and visually linking the two scenes. Both decorative and structural, the chain becomes a connection between legacy and landscape.

New Mexico Cowboy Pedestal Bowl

Wheel-thrown and hand-sculpted stoneware, underglaze and glaze · 6.5 × 9.5 in. · 2026

At its center, two Western figures stand before San Francisco de Asís Mission Church in Ranchos de Taos, placing them within the distinctive cultural and architectural landscape of the region.

Cacti, desert flowers, and other native flora continue around the pedestal and scalloped rim, connecting the figures and historic architecture to the land itself.

Vessels & Tableware

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Joys of Cowboying Vase — Joys of Cowboying VaseStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Gold & Blue Cowboy Bierstein — Gold & Blue Cowboy BiersteinStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Horse in Movement Casserole Dish — Horse in Movement Casserole DishStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Desert Hawk Mug — Desert Hawk MugStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware In the Desert Teacup & Saucer Set — In the Desert Teacup & Saucer SetStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Cowboy and Lasso Ashtray — Cowboy and Lasso AshtrayStoneware, underglaze and glaze · 1.5 × 5.5 in.

Butter Dishes

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Fighting Buffalo Butter Dish — Fighting Buffalo Butter DishStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Down the Trail Butter Dish — Down the Trail Butter DishStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Longhorns & Bluebonnets Butter Dish — Longhorns & Bluebonnets Butter DishStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Bison Burst Butter Dish — Bison Burst Butter DishStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Desert Cowboy Butter Dish — Desert Cowboy Butter DishStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Plates & Platters

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Blue Roper Plate Set — Blue Roper Plate SetStoneware, underglaze and glaze · 9 in. diameter each

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Elk in Nature Plate Set — Elk in Nature Plate SetStoneware, underglaze and glaze · 9 in. diameter each

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Fall in the Mountains Plate Set — Fall in the Mountains Plate SetStoneware, underglaze and glaze · 9 in. diameter each

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Vintage Western Sign Plate Set — Vintage Western Sign Plate SetStoneware, underglaze and glaze · 9 in. diameter each

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Cowgirl Shootout Plate Set — Cowgirl Shootout Plate SetStoneware, underglaze and glaze · 9 in. diameter each

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware Man In The Wooly Chaps Platter — Man In The Wooly Chaps PlatterStoneware, underglaze and glaze

Jayden Starr hand-painted stoneware High Horse Plate — High Horse PlateStoneware, underglaze and glaze

As previewed in Western Art Collector

Western Art Collector show preview of Jayden Amber Starr, page 68

Western Art Collector show preview of Jayden Amber Starr, page 69

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Faust Gallery Presents

Lonesome Moon Studios

Featuring the work of Jayden Starr

Reception Friday, November 6, 2026 · 5–7 p.m.
Event One night only — meet the artist, live and in person
Location Faust Gallery, 142 Lincoln Ave, Suite 102 — southwest corner of Lincoln & Marcy, Santa Fe

Faust Gallery will host Western artist Jayden Starr, founder of Lonesome Moon Studios, for one night only on Friday, November 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. Meet the artist and see her hand-painted ceramics — inspired by the landscapes, wildlife, history, and visual traditions of the American West — in person in Santa Fe.

Some pieces are meant to hold butter. Some are meant to hang on a wall. Some somehow end up doing both. I like that.Jayden Starr

Jayden Starr is a Western artist and the founder of Lonesome Moon Studios, creating hand-painted ceramics inspired by the landscapes, wildlife, history, and visual traditions of the American West. With a BFA in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking, Starr approaches clay as a painter, using wheel-thrown forms as a canvas for detailed imagery and layered, painterly surfaces.

Raised in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Starr draws on both lived experience and an ongoing fascination with the history of the West — historical photographs, vintage Americana, rodeo culture, wildlife, and the people and stories that have shaped the region. Her work was recently exhibited in the Unbridled exhibition at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art.

Faust Gallery is located at 142 Lincoln Ave, Suite 102, on the southwest corner of Lincoln & Marcy in Santa Fe. Open daily, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.