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Georgia’s View

10″x8″ oil on panel

This is the view from Georgia O’keefe’s driveway. This was painted from a color study, sketch, and photo at a soccer practice in North Texas. I feel like the formations are blazed into my memory because I have looked at them so much, I wonder if that is how Georgia felt.

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First Light on Grandfather Mesa

7″x5″ oil on panel

I love to paint from life. However, I don’t live in the desert, and many of my days don’t allow time for field trips. I Painted this painting from a color study and photograph at my daughters gymnastic’s gym. (She is in the red right in front of my painting.). I have found that I do have time to make art if I am creative about finding windows. This week I will paint during gymnastics, on the field before a soccer game (as they warm up), and during choir practice.

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Lamy, NM 7:46pm

5″x7″ pastel on sanded paper

I can almost see Padernal with low lying clouds; however it is actually a giant dark cloud, with a warm sunset sky and tiny mountains along the horizon.

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Ranch in the Round

40″x8″ pastel on sanded paper

Ghost Ranch, NM – plein air

A 4 painting day is a good day. This was a good one. I set a lofty goal for my students and they ALL did it! We captured Ghost Ranch in the round.

We painted the 4 paintings over the course of the day, the only requirement was that the horizon line had to match up from one painting to the next. At the end of the day, we took them back and lined them up in the studio and tried to make it believable. That was my favorite part! It was like solving a puzzle. The sky changed so much over the course of the day, it was fun making the transitions work from one painting to the next.