Friday, June 29, 2012


This painting "POPPY FIELD" will be in a silent auction 
at the "Dinner Dance Under the Stars" 
during the Los Ranchos
"LAVENDER IN THE VILLAGE" 
festival 
 July 13, 14, 15, 2012.

The Dinner Dance Under the Stars. is the evening of July 13.
The Lavender Festival events are the weekend of July 13 and 14.

Events include a Pet Parade, a fun run, a lots, lots more.
Check it out

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

"SACRED PLACE"


"SACRED PLACE"
12"X16"
NFS

This piece is a gift to the Puye Cliff Dwellings. 
They were nice enough to let me come out 
and paint.
I would love to go back sometime!

I started the painting on location and it got very windy and started 
sprinkling rain on us, so we had to load everything up
and head leave.


This is the photograph I used to finish the piece. 

Monday, June 25, 2012

"MESA WITH CLOUDS"
8X8"
SOLD

Weems Gallery has sold 94 of the 150 Challenge paintings!

This is the last week of the show if you would like to make a purchase.

To view available paintings, click HERE.

AVAILABLE BY NUMBER:


146, 145
138, 137. 135. 133. 131
 129, 125, 124, 122, 120
114, 110, 105,104, 103, 102, 100
98, 95, 92, 91
85, 83, 82, 81, 80
79, 77, 76, 72, 71
68, 65, 61
59, 53, 
48, 47, 44
38,
24, 20
18,16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11
9, 6, 5, 2, 1

Friday, June 15, 2012

Just a heads up:

Only two weeks left in the 150 Challenge Show

Weems Gallery has sold 80 paintings. Fantastic!

Thanks to all who have purchased paintings. You make it all worthwhile.

I will not be doing another 150 Challenge until 2014.

Paintings sold this week:

#149  Taos Shadows
#147 Aspen Ridge
#136 Taos Blue
#113 Hollies at Old Town
#66 Safe Haven
#62 Guadalupe Sunflowers

STUDIO SALE!!

"ADOBE AND COTTONWOODS"
8X10"

Sale Price - $125 plus $10 shipping

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SOLD


  

STUDIO SALE!!

"POPPY FIELD"
8X10" framed

 SOLD


      

STUDIO SALE!!

"MAGICA"
8X10" framed

Sale price - $99 plus $10 shipping

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Buy this painting on PayPal Price: $99.00 plus $10.00 s/h Or, send me an email

STUDIO SALE!!

"CANONES"
8X10"

 SOLD

STUDIO SALE!!

"CANYON LADIES I"
8X10" unframed

Sale Price - $65 plus $10 shipping

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SOLD
  

STUDIO SALE!!

"PASTURELAND"
6X8" unframed

Sale Price - $45 plus $10 shipping

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STUDIO SALE!!

"SPLENDID II"
12X12" framed

Sale Price - $165 plus $10 shipping 


 SOLD

STUDIO SALE!!

"THE CANYON"
6X8" unframed

Sale Price - $45 plus $10 shipping

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STUDIO SALE!!

"CHIMAYO FALL"
8X10" framed

Sale price - $125 plus $10 shipping 
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SOLD

STUDIO SALE!!

"WILDS MAGICA II"
8X10" framed

Sale Price - $125 plus $10 shipping

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STUDIO SALE!!

"HILLS AT GHOST RANCH"
8X10" framed
Sale Price - $125 plus $10 shipping

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SOLD

  

STUDIO SALE!!

"SO THERE"
SOLD


  
SOLD
#108
"BLANKETS AND CONEFLOWER"

 SOLD
#107 
"THE WALK"

SOLD
#43
"SUNSET PATH"

Monday, June 11, 2012

Changing Gears

Hello everyone - 

I have taken a week off and it has been SO relaxing. 
I've taken naps almost every day, gone to Curves, 
gone to the gym to swim, and just generally done nothing work related at all.
The problem for me is, after about a week of this, all I can think about is starting work again.
So here I am, planning and getting ready for making some serious art!

BALLOON POSTER

Here is the evolution of the Balloon Poster up until now. 
I created the sketch, toned the canvas, shifted some things around:

 original sketch made larger

 toned with burnt sienna and red on canvas

 This is the first color I applied to the canvas. 
I hadn't worked in acrylics in a while and it felt so different.
I have really gotten used to my oils!

I knew I wanted the biggest balloon to really make a statement 
and draw people into the landscape.
I wanted people to feel like they could be up in that balloon, 
floating over those sunflowers, drifting over the fields, and headed out over the horizon - 
to places like Abiquiu, Jemez, Taos, some of my favorite places in New Mexico.
There were initially three balloons but we increased it to four.

 This is a more finished stage. 
The balloons are all in place, the painting is bright, a nice contrast of colors.
Now, to begin the linework.

Oh, and can you spot the hidden state bird of New Mexico?
Click on the image if you would like a larger view.

 Detail of adding lines to the sunflowers and surrounding areas.

Okay, this is the piece almost completed.
The border will be black around the poster.
The "Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta" will be in turquoise, 
to match the large balloon and my signature.
The words, "Blaze a Trail," which is theme theme of this year's fiesta, 
will be the same color as the sunflowers.
I will post a photo of the actual poster as soon as I see it.
I'm excited!!

The painting for the 
2012 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

Oh, and one more thing - 

I have decided that all of the new paintings 
for the Balloon Fiesta will be acrylic with linework! 

So, if you are one of my "line" collectors, 
get ready to see some new art!
Here is what I will be working on for the next 4 months:


- lots of small paintings, sizes 4x4 and up
- a few larger pieces
- landscapes and everything New Mexico
- gallery wrap canvas painted black around the sides
- lightweight - easy to carry home in luggage or to ship
- lots of new magnets
- maybe notecards and calenders
- a few surprise ornaments


Stay tuned!


Oh, and there is only a little over two weeks to choose your 150 Challenge painting before the show closes!

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Friday, June 08, 2012

hollyhock scouting trip

 I got up early this morning to drive around my neighborhood to look for beautiful hollyhocks to get me inspired for the work I need to do for Balloon Fiesta. 
 These hollyhocks are out in front of a shop in Old Town.
I love the ladder out of focus on the right.

 Pink beauties

 I love these - they look almost white but are really a light shade of pink. 
They contrast really nicely with the blue of the window.

 This is a nice photo and a beautiful shade of deep pink against an adobe wall.. 
I will probably crop it in half and paint both of these clusters of flowers

 These wall murals were in a small section of town near Old Town. 
They are all along one wall and have religious significance. 
I don't know if this is Mary and Joseph with God and maybe the parting of the Red Sea?

 This is most likely a Saint with Jesus and lots of cherubs.

 This is Christ on the Cross, not sure where the rooster comes
 in on the left and what is he standing on?

 This is another Saint, maybe Saint Francis, because he has a dove on his shoulder? 
Lots of puffy clouds in this one too.
Okay, the next one is the best of all....

Wait for it....

Wait for it...

 THE BEATLES!!

Not sure which religious deity they belong too, but someone must have thought they were pretty special.
Look at those smiles!

 This is an pretty old truck in someone's yard that has been decorated
 with Christmas lights and potted plants.

 This is a nice little meadow of yellow coreopsis next to a carved out mailbox.

 I don't know about anyone else but we always called this bush 
Bird of Paradise when I was growing up. 
It has the worst smell in the world.
Takes me right back to my Grandma's house on Hardy Street.

 I drove past this old house and had to turn back around because it was so interesting.
It's abandoned and I love the old sage green weathered trim, 
but the coolest thing is how the screen door is still attached to the porch by a thread.
I would love to see this refurbished.
 More pink hollyhocks against adobe with a cool tin light fixture.

 The traditional red hollyhocks against an adobe house with territorial trimmed windows.

 Pink hollyhocks against red hot poker.

 These are a couple of my favorite photos.
I wish everyone would plant flowers like this. This yard had hardly any grass and was just full of flowers. These are bachelor buttons with hollyhocks. 
I can see this as a really textured palette knife painting.

 Another hollyhock in the same yard.
 I think the sagey-green/blue on the right might be lavender or California poppies.

 My last photo - this is across the road from Los Poblanos and is a small vineyard with a really hazy view of the Sandia mountains.
You can't tell but it was being irrigated and the ground is full of water.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Available 150 paintings

 #125 - Pink Hollies
 #124 - Three in the Fall
 #122 - Hollyhocks on Grey
 #121- Golden Cliffs
 #120 - Acequia at Bernalillo
 #123 - House I
 #118 - Sunflower Field
 #114 - Summer Poppies 1
 #108 - Two Blankets and Coneflower
 #107 - The Walk
 #105 - Canyon Sunset
 #104 - The Roses
 #Two Irises in a Poppy Field
 #15 - El Salto Peak
 #102 - Late Afternoon
 #100 - Summer Poppies
 #96 - Mesa With Clouds
 #95 - Taos Sacred
 #98 - The Dark Pink One
 #92 - Blue Vase With Yellow
 #83 - The Purple One
 #85 - Pedernal in Autumn
 #91 - Mountain Shadows
 #77 - Comadres
 #76 - Nestled
 #79 - The Window Garden
 #81 - Van Gogh's Garden
 #80 - Taos Horses
 #82 - Over the Edge
 #78 - Roses at Chimayo
 #70 - Down the Lane
 #71 - One Red Poppy
 #72 - Wild Lavender
 #138 - The Red Bouquet
 #135 - Taos Blue
#135 - The Riverbed 
#134 - Springtime

If you want to purchase a painting, please call Weems Gallery at 505-764-0302 
to make your purchase. Thank you!