Don Roach was born in Concord, New Hampshire, but spent much of his childhood abroad as a result of his father's work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After graduating from Harvard in 1968, he fell in love with New Mexico on a road trip across the country (in a Volkswagon bus of course!) and moved to the northern Jemez mountains shortly thereafter. He has been in New Mexico ever since, and in Arroyo del Agua (3 miles west of Coyote on State Highway 96) for the past 15 years. Don has three children and three grandchildren, along with 3 dogs and 3 horses.
Don specializes in oil representations of the magical landscapes and sights common to the Colorado Plateau country of northwestern New Mexico. When he is not painting, he is often found irrigating his fields, working with his horses, or teaching his grandsons about country life on his farm in Arroyo del Agua, New Mexico.
Don Roach is a truely authentic and relatively undiscovered New Mexico artist. We hope that you enjoy his work, and get a chance to visit Studio Resolana under the red cliffs of Arroyo del Agua.
