Local artist and Belen native Brian Wood has turned his kitchen into an at-home art studio. His work is regularly featured at the Belen Art League Gallery.Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin photo PUEBLITOSâSandwiched between the hum of the interstate and the rumble of the freight trains, is a sun-lit kitchen where art is created. When the Belen native Brian Wood took up the paint brush a few years ago, he chose his kitchen because it was the only room without carpeting. The lush New Mexico light from a south-facing window and a skylight overhead makes the ad hoc studio much more than a repurposed kitchen.