Is it really a monster? Or a snake, or a gecko? This home is a living art project designed by the artistic family that lives ...

The house has undergone restoration, expansion and updates since William Taylor Clapp made it his home in 1905.

even mixing colors on his own painter's palette occasionally to show the shades he wanted for the house. He lived in Santa Fe for four decades, much of that time in the remodeled property.

I interpret what's already there,” he says. His newest house is on twelve acres of piñon-covered hilltop a few miles north of Santa Fe, with a 360-degree view that stretches as far as the ...