#2 "MOUNTAIN STREAM" $85

"MOUNTAIN STREAM" 

6X6" oil $85, shipping included

I want to sit by this stream with a blanket and a good book.

To purchase, send your name and email address 

along with the title of the painting to:

 dshadowtail@aol.com.

 I will send you a Paypal invoice

 

new 150 CHALLENGE paintings

Hi all,

Here are my two newest 150 CHALLENGE paintings.

It is nice to get back into the groove.

I have 50 paintings to complete, but for some reason,

it doesn't feel like a lot.

I'm not under a deadline and I can paint whatever and whenever I want.

Yesterday, I really felt like I had to paint a still life.

I don't know why - I was just drawn to painting flowers and vases.

I finished CORNER WINDOW, and I was really happy

with the sunlight playing through the window and around the flowers.

Then Jemez called to me.

Maybe because I am itching to take a little day trip there

but I'm waiting until I can see at least a little

green in the landscape.

I hope you enjoy these two and today,

the door is open for me to paint ANYTHING!

I have a new Challenge image for our group,

"LET'S PAINT NEW MEXICO!"

It's an old truck, so I may paint that.

Here is the image:

Here are my new Challenge paintings:

#52 "JEMEZ BACKROADS"

8x10"

oil on cradled board

$150

#53  "CORNER WINDOW"

8x8"

oil on cradled board

$150

P.S. If you are interested in purchasing either

of these paintings, you can click on the link HERE.

#113 "WILD STREAM"

"WILD STREAM"

8x8"

oil on cradled board

$150

I stayed in Taos last weekend

and this beautiful little stream was about

a block from my rental house.

I photographed in morning, evening, dusk,

even the middle of the day.

It always looked beautiful!

I hope you enjoy my interpretation.

To view purchase information,

CLICK HERE.

A NEW DREAM

"CANONES STREAM"

6x6"

oil on panel

I LOVE palette knife paintings. 

I mean, REALLY love them.

When I'm perusing an art magazine, 

I can spot the knife paintings straight away.

So, I thought this would be so easy - 

my first palette knife panting. 
It was not.

I didn't know how to start.

I didn't mix enough paint and would have

to keep remixing. 

I was working on a 6x6" panel 
and felt like I needed something MUCH bigger!

I put paint where it didn't go.

I kept forgetting to lay down one color,

then wipe the knife and lay down the next one,
so the colors kept blending
 and I would have to wipe everything
 off and start again. 

I want this to be my lifelong passion, 
so I realize that I need to 
practice, practice, practice.

My goal is to be a really good plein air palette knife painter.

I do realize that if I do really large paintings, 
I will need trowels!

Wish me luck! 
And if there are any knife painters out there, send me your tips.

PLEASE!

finally...a little vacation

We just had our 37th wedding anniversary

and decided to celebrate by going to our favorite place,Taos, New Mexico.

We rented a house and spent two nights.

I have put the images in large format so you can better view them.

Please let me know what you think.

Taos and the surrounding area is always beautiful, even in the height of summer.

We got rained on coming in to the canyon and this was our view of the 

Rio Grande Gorge after horseshoe curve.

It was very misty and mysterious.

Arroyo Seco was beautiful too. 

Lots of puffy rain clouds and beautiful mountain shadows.

The house where we stayed had these beautiful horses 

running around in the field next door.

We found the secret to getting them to come and talk to us - apples!

A beautiful sunset on Blueberry Hill.

This so reminded me of an ocean wave - I almost expected a surfer to emerge!

I just painted my version of this, #74 on my upcoming Retro Challenge show.
I had to eliminate the telephone wires from the panting.

To view on the Retro Challenge blog, please click HERE.

As usual, Arroyo Seco is beautiful.

I really want to live there!
I envision having art retreats and painting workshops in my little adobe casita.

The picture below is a little shop full of colorful scarves, red chile ristras, 

and that old beautiful truck.

I took a drive through Valdez one morning.

This little village has a beautiful view of Taos mountain.

This is a cute little hacienda driving through the main road.

I loved the orange color of the wood on the roof mixed
with the turquoise windows and the brown of the adobe.

My favorite Taos horse.

This guy lives on the road to the Taos pueblo.

I have painted him several times.

 A thistle in bloom.

There weren't too many left but lots of spent blooms.

I think if I had come a week earlier, 

I would have seen fields of thistles in full bloom.

I drove into town to take a few photos.

My destination was a row of hollyhocks along the main street.

This truck happened to be in my way!

There was a grower's market going on and this was about 6pm in the evening.

I loved the sign!

One of the hollyhocks next to the truck.

Love the dark deep burgundy color.

Another favorite horse.

Actually, he was a new friend.

Look at all the beautiful sagebrush and chamisa surrounding him (or her).

 The beautiful village of Arroyo Seco.

We got breakfast burritos from Abe's the morning that we left 

and ate them by the stream.

A scene painted on one of the adobe walls in Arroyo Seco.

Not sure what's going on here, but I do see Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The most beautiful village of Valdez along the toad to the Taos Ski Valley.

I love the shadows on the mountains in the back!

My husband Mac posing next to the little tower by the stream.

i don't know if you can see the water behind him but it was running strong.

I guess you're going to find graffiti everywhere.

This is the first day trip I have been on since my friend Tom passed away

and my cousin moved to Atlanta to be with her kids.

It just felt really weird. I just kept wanting some fellow creative person

to share my photo and experiences with.

My husband is as tolerant as he can be, but he'd rather be hiking or playing

frisbee golf or something that involves physical activity.

Anyway, I'm slowly getting back into the groove.

I want to than all of you who offered support when Tom passed away.

i miss him every day and know he would have loved to take this trip.

He was there in spirit.

113 autumn acequia

"AUTUMN ACEQUIA" 

8X8"

oil on hardboard

$99 plus $10 shipping

113

My first daily painting of the new year!

This is a painting of an acequia near my home

and a view of the fabulous Sandia Mountains.

All of my daily paintings will be available for only

$99 plus $10 shipping - for a limited time.

This is to offer my regular readers and collectors 

first chance at my artwork.

So, I thank you for watching and if you fall in love with a

painting, please snap it up quickly...

For Paypal purchase information, please click HERE.

In other news:

I'm still finishing up commissions

I will be painting a pair of ballet shoes for an auction to benefit the NM Ballet Company

I have been asked to be a judge for the
METRO YOUTH ART EXHIBITION -
an eventhappening February 20 at Expo NM.
More on this later..

Legacy Art painting

The Legacy Art event is happening in a couple of weeks and I need to decide on my subject for the painting and get it done so it will have time to dry. I decided to use this canvas, a 30x24, because I have some frames in that size that I love and need to use. I had already sketched a floral piece that I meant to paint with a red background but that will just have to wait for another day and another canvas.

 This is my block in. I decided on a peaceful mountain scene, with wildflowers roaming through a meadow. The purple could either be a shadowed pathway or possibly water.
You can still see evidence of the floral sketch underneath.

"PEACE NEAR  THE MOUNTAINS"

30X24"

This is not the final image. I shot it quickly with my digital but plan to have my photographer shoot it so I will have a good clear image for my records.

I like the way it turned out. I wouldn't mind taking a walk through this mountain meadow sometime. It would also make a nice image for a postcard.