new 145 Challenge painting

"THOSE ABIQUIU COWS"

6x6"

#127

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I love this painting!

After about a total of two hours of painting, tweaking and taking photos,

looking at them, tweaking some more, etc., I love it.

My original photo was pretty bland, so I had to imagine.

I am itching for a trip to Abiquiu so bad I can hardly stand it.

Soon!

In other news, I have 20 people signed up for my dinner at the end of the Challenge.

It's happening September 29, costs $49, 

and half of the proceeds go to New Mexico Dogs Deserve Better.

If you want to come and enjoy a dinner under the cottonwoods with me,

 send your reservation check to:

Dee Sanchez, 403 Camino del Bosque NW, Albuquerque, NM  87114

I will also be painting in Santa Fe later this month for the 

PAPNM event Plein Air Santa Fe.

Five days of exploring that great city. Yay!

I hope to come back with some great studies, some finished painting, 

and 1000 photographs for future reference.

So, today is a painting day, have a great weekend, and I think my 

next painting should be flowers on a red background.

Sunflowers or autumn bouquet?

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"HEADED HOME" Taos winter cows

"HEADED HOME"

6x6"

oil on hardboard

$145

These are Taos winter mountains and Taos cows.

Briskness in the air and a little snow still on the ground.

I wanted to be as loose as possible with this painting.

I still think it could have more of an abstract feel 

and I can see that I'm headed that way in my work. 

When I look at it, I don't see cows headed home,

I see big juicy chunks of paint and the negative space between the cows.

And the orange in the mountains.

I like this one!

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