Artist Studio/Residence. Contemporary living in a grand style!

An AIA award-winning, passive-solar, ecological -environmentally "green" building, Casa Colina was completed in 2001, and features all-natural, local materials, to include traditional adobes, rough-cut lumber, exposed concrete, glass and steel. The building is located in Northern New Mexico's ancient Anasazi Basin, on a promontory overlooking centuries old cottonwoods, farmlands and the Chama River valley, just south of Abiquiu, at the center of O'Keeffe country and in close proximity to Indian Pueblo ruins and other points of interest.

This 2000sq.ft building consist of spacious high ceilings, astonishing, light filled spaces incorporating an artist's studio and a residence all under one roof. Magnificent, uninterrupted 360-degree views extend to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Jemez Mountains, Cerro Pedernal, Sierra Negra and star-studded night skies.

A private bedroom loft, observation deck and queen bed with East exposure is conveniently located above the bathroom-kitchen-dinning spaces below and connects to a large living-studio area on the west wing. Simplicity, functionality and traditional details are incorporated in unexpected ways. Mature landscaping, shade trees, fruit trees, outdoor sitting and eating areas make this a perfect setting to meditate, write, create or simply relax in deep privacy and absolute, undisturbed comfort.

Amenities: include wireless high speed Internet, cell phone connection, private well water, full cook's kitchen including, toaster oven, microwave, coffee makers, four burner gas stove and oven, charcoal BBQ, dishes and glassware, pots and pans, ironing board and iron, bedding and towels, full refrigerator/freezer, washing machine, TV/DVD, 2 CD-stereos, two wood-burning stoves with firewood cut and ready to use, central radiant heat, (passive solar retains natural coolness in summer and sun's heat in winter) and comfortable furnishings with original art. A seven-foot leather sofa and an extra-large cot can double as additional sleeping space in the studio-living area, if needed. NO SMOKING - NO PETS, PLEASE!