Banana Republic Of Raven

Blue Rain Gallery

Preston Singletary: Banana Republic of Raven
Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
August 15th – 30th, 2025

August 13th, 3PM: Artist Lecture with Preston Singletary
August 15th, 5-8PM : Artist Reception

In this latest chapter of their bold and imaginative collaboration, artist Preston Singletary and author Garth Stein deliver another mythic tale from the irreverent mind of Raven—a trickster, a truth-seeker, and an eternal optimist in a world gone sideways. Learn more at the Blue Rain Gallery website.

The world, Raven observes, has gone bananas.

Tides crash without rhythm. Killer Whales parade with dead salmon bonnets. Sharks sharpen their teeth on rocks and rebrand humans as “Chickens of the Sea.” Corporate fishermen offer Raven a lifetime supply of genetically modified fish—salmon flavor added—in exchange for his soul.

Raven, ever of two minds (and always hungry), seeks only a little peace and maybe a snack. Instead, he finds a wise Mountain Goat lamenting hollowed mountains, an angry Frog King ready to shake the earth, and a radiant Thunderbird with presidential ambitions.

This world may be broken. It may be absurd. It may be unsalvageable.

But Raven can’t stop believing it’s worth saving.