paintandsimple

16″x20″ Mixed Media

Brothers, together. Skipping stones, making waves. Glacier National Park, Montana.

Recreation/ RE Creation Series No•3

16″x20″ mixed Media

Brothers, together. Drifting and Paddling. Glacier National Park, Montana.

Recreation/RE Creation Series No•2

20″x16″ oil on panel

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I love the play between the underpainting and paint.

20″x16″

Oil on panel

Painted Desert. Ghost Ranch, NM. The sun shines bright, and the snow melts fast. Winter in the high desert is beautiful.

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Plein air – Ghost Ranch. Those white patches are snow!

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Ghost Ranch, NM

“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” -Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Sunnyvale, TX Feb 12,13, & 14

Ghost Ranch, NM May 15-18

12″x9″ pastel on sanded board

This is the view from Georgia O’Keefe’s home at Ghost Ranch. It is a spectacular presentation of the Painted Desert.

I had an amazing trail ride where I wove in and out of these beautiful hills. The light and landforms were spectacular. I feel like I needed all the texture in this painting to capture what I experienced.

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Ghost Ranch, NM.

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Ghost Ranch, NM.

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Ghost Ranch

I am so grateful to be painting in my favorite place.

Yes, the sky really did look like that! I am grateful for the sun, and my doesn’t it look beautiful shining against these rocks?

I still have a few spots open in my upcoming Pastel class (Dallas Feb 12-14), and I have plenty of spaces in my Ghost Ranch pastel class in May.

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