A good week, but tired....

 It has been a crazy week!

Painting in the gardens of Corrales 

Taking off for Santa Fe, Abiquiu, and Ghost Ranch 

Checking out Canyon Road 

Painting for the Santa Fe Plein Air Festival

Framing and dropping finished paintings in Corrales

Driving back to Santa Fe to drop off finished paintings

Taking a long nap

Cleaning studio

Going to Corrales opening this Friday

Missing the Santa Fe opening because it's on the same night

Here are a few photos from my journey:

 beautiful Canyon Road

 Cafe on Canyon Road

 Marigold Arts Gallery on Canyon Road - a few pieces of my work here

 beautiful scenery along the way

 finished Taos painting

 finished Taos painting

 painting from one of the Corrales Gardens

This painting will be in the exhibition Friday

evening at Frame N Art Gallery in Corrales

 another painting in Friday's exhibition in Corrales

 painting progress in the gardens

This painting sold to the homeowner.

 Who wouldn't want to wake up and see this garden every day?

I will be painting a series of people in the garden soon.

 On my drive - I came across this old building.

I love it!

It looks like an old theater.

I will say that Espanola has the best old abandoned buildings.

 I spotted this FABULOUS old truck.

The only problem is the chain link fence.

I will paint it and remove the fencing.

 I visited the Purple Adobe Lavender Farm in Abiquiu.

Pretty but a little smaller than I thought.

 My drive towards Ghost Ranch.

It's other worldly.

Whenever I need to escape or be inspired, this is where I go.

 Beautiful scenery

 Hoo Doos

 love these pastel colored formations

 Road to the monastery

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 monastery arroyo

 Rio Chama near the monastery

 My favorite Abiquiu house.

I've painted this a few times.

 Pedernal - O'Keefe's mountain.

Wow, it's just beautiful.

The Rio Chama at the lookout near Abiquiu

 The adobe morada in the village of Abiquiu

 "WINDOW GARDEN"

8x10"

One of my paintings for the Santa Fe Plein Air Festival

 "MONASTERY HILL"

8x10"

second submission for the Santa Fe exhibition

 "SUMMER RAIN"

8x10"

Submission for the Enchanted Skies" exhibition

 another small trip along Canyon Road

 Beautiful flower pot with an old door

 My favorite photo of the week

 Poppies along Canyon Road

Old door with hollyhocks and a few larkspur

I was going to try to be witty and write more interesting dialog,

but frankly, all I want to do is go to bed.

Good night all!

The Santa Fe, Canyon Road, Tesuque, Abiquiu, Black Mesa, Ghost Ranch, El Rito Expeirence

Oh wow!

I just got back from two days of painting, picture-taking, 

sight-seeing, town exploring, and much more.

And boy, am I tired.

  I am posting these pics for a couple of days for you to enjoy.

 Clay women at Jackalope Pottery in Santa Fe 

 The cross section 

I bought two.

 Rose garden in the Canyon Road neighborhood 

 Beautiful gate on Upper Canyon Road 

It was the upside down pale pink roses that attracted me.

Does this upside down thing mean something?

 What ARE these?

They look glorious against adobe walls!

 An old wagon in front of Jackalope Pottery 

Love the cut-out heart.

 Yellow hollyhocks 

You know these will become a painting.

 Star York's playful horses in front of one of the galleries 

 My favorite sculpture on Canyon Road 

Don't you love the shadows on these faces?

 The contrast of this elk against the orange of the flowers and the blue of the windows.....

 Simple orange lillies against an adobe wall 

 Pot of flowers against a gallery wall 

This guy hangs out all around the Santa Fe Plaza, waiting for people who are tired of walking.

Cool stars and chairs 

Colorful newspaper stands

The beautiful church in the heart of Santa Fe Plaza.

The Algodones plateau in spring 

 Alfalfa fields in Bernalillo

Could be hay, I don't know the difference.

 Beautiful red bushes and the lovely porch at the Abiquiu Inn 

Had to have the huevos rancheros.

 A beautiful cross at Black Mesa

 The San Idelphonso church at Black Mesa

 The very tall ET-like hoodoos at Ghost Ranch

Look at those beautiful colors.

 Abiquiu Lake and Pedernal 

The lake water looked really turquoise today.

 Colored rock formations at Ghost Ranch

 A beautiful old building in El Rito

Wouldn't this make a cool studio/gallery?

 This is actually a working restaurant in El Rito!

The clerk at Ghost Ranch said she had dinner here the night before last and it was good.

Should have checked their hours of operation.

 An old window with fake roses in El Rito

 beautiful Descanso near the water in El Rito

 Old adobe right on the street in El Rito

This one is occupied.

 Old old house in El Rito 

Occupied 

They also have an art studio tour every year.

I'm going to go this year!

 Beautiful old restored church

 An old barn

Someone had strung grapevine wreaths across the front of the gate.

I love this photo.

It shows the old original tin roof before they came out with the new stuff.

The gable is beautiful.

And the colors with the cream-colored adobe, yum.

Hope you enjoyed this little slice of life vignette of New Mexico.
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