and other things.... This is my daily art blog. I'm artist Dee Sanchez and I live and work in Alameda, New Mexico - the land of blue skies, red hills, and three unique cultures. What a beautiful place to paint! Join me on my daily painting quest, my plein air adventures, my video logs, my "getting ready for a show" preparations, my painting tips, and I may even throw in an opinion or two...I also document my struggles with getting healthy and my crazy family life
Thursday, December 31, 2009
"THE RED BOUQUET" #2
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
"SUNLIT CLOUDS" #1
"BIG SKY NEW MEXICO"
Tomorrow I will be back to my daily paintings. I'm going to try for 4-5 per week and I also have some 6"x6" canvases that I want to experiment with.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
"BAILLITAS"
Monday, December 21, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Commission
New Christmas paintings
In between finishing up my small commissions, I painted these four little New Mexico Christmas paintings. I wanted to paint some faolitos and I have been missing my churches. And of course, my favorite is the New Mexico Christmas angel. If you are interested in any of these pieces, they are $75 each plus $10 shipping and you should email me at deesanchezart@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Done
Friday, December 11, 2009
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
It's almost Christmas!
Friday, December 04, 2009
Commission progress
This is the next phase - continuing to block in colors with the thought of filling up the canvas. You can still see large blocks of my toned red/burnt sienna in the background.
what I'm working on.....
This 12"x12" painting is a piece of plywood for tonight's Harwood Art Center fundraiser, aptly called "12 x12."As you can see, I am satidfied with the paint itself, and am starting to put lines into the foreground. I delievered the painting yesterday. This event is so cool, over 100 artists paint pieces of plywood (actually, they can sculpt or do anything theylike) and they are only signed on the back, so no one knows who the artist is until thepainting is sold. It's very cool.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Three New Paintings!
New Paintings
Monday, November 30, 2009
"POPPY FIELDS WITH PURPLE"
Sunday, November 29, 2009
"PINON TREE WITH CLOUDS"
Saturday, November 28, 2009
"IN PURPLE LIGHT"
Sunday, November 22, 2009
FREE PAINTING WINNER!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Little Gems
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Artfest Set Up
Thursday, November 12, 2009
AN INVITATION AND NEWS
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
#114
Monday, November 09, 2009
progress on the Gorge painting
Saturday, November 07, 2009
"JUST A LITTLE PINK"
12"X6"
I have several new Artfest paintings completed. Working down to the wire now and I still have so much I want to do! I have about 12 canvases, mostly large, and I have a stack of little church photos that I want to paint on 5x7 and 8x10 canvases - I don;t know if I'll get to them or not. You can see the new paintings here: www.artfest101.blogspot.com!
Thursday, November 05, 2009
#105
#104
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
ARTFEST AUCTION PAINTING in progress
STAGE TWO:
Starting to work out the composition, playing with the colors.
STAGE ONE:
Toning the canvas and a very loose sketch for placement of the sunflowers.
You can see the photo I am using for inspiration at the bottom of the canvas.
I will finish this painting up today and start the process for completing my 48x60 Taos Gorge. That one will take me quite a while so I am finishing it first. Then I have numerous smaller pieces I want to complete before next Wednesday. Thursday is set-up day for Artfest so Wednesday will be my last day of work and completing my "to do" list.