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Posted on August 30, 2021 by paintandsimple · 1 Comment

Cars and Clouds

Painted at Baylor Hospital.

Posted on August 28, 2021 by paintandsimple · 1 Comment

Rio Chama

I am grateful: to my students for working so hard and encouraging each other, to Ghost Ranch, and mostly to my family for all the support behind the scenes.

Posted on August 27, 2021 by paintandsimple · 1 Comment

Cliff House

Echo Amphitheater, NM

Posted on August 26, 2021 by paintandsimple

Petrichor is the term coined by Australian scientists in 1964 to describe the unique, earthy smell associated with rain. It is caused by the water from the rain, along with certain compounds like ozone, geosmin, and plant oils.

The smell of the high desert after the rain is my favorite smell in the world.

Posted on August 25, 2021 by paintandsimple

Hot, Salt Cedar

My students are amazing artist and total troopers. It was sooooo hot today. I told them when I get hot, you can see it in the colors of my art. Case in point.

Posted on August 24, 2021 by paintandsimple

Chimney Simple

4” square 15 min. Study based on the colors from a Wolf Kahn painting.

Posted on August 23, 2021 by paintandsimple · 4 Comments

Perspective

8”x10” pastel on sanded paper. Plein air. Ghost Ranch, NM

This was a demo for masters pastel class this week at Ghost Ranch

Posted on July 28, 2021 by paintandsimple · 1 Comment

Hoop Dancing

Watching hoop dancing has been at the top of my list of an amazing summer. Hoop dancing is: amazing, athletic, mesmerizing, graceful, creative, beautiful, spellbinding…. and you can watch this beautiful dancer on GOOD MORNING AMERICA Friday, July 30th. My friend, and fellow instructor at Ghost Ranch, Steve Lorance will be in the Santa Fe Plaza with Lightning Boy Foundation with many hoop dancers for Good Morning America – filming in New Mexico. Below are a couple of quick sketches of Steve’s beautiful daughter dancing. And one of Steve chanting and drumming.