beauty close to home

Feeling better today, but no painting yet.

Being sick is the time to rest and the ideas about life and work are flowing.

For now,

beautiful photos of spring and summer!

Enjoy.

Oh, and to my artist friends, you are welcome to paint from any of these photos

as long as you credit me, the photographer!

If you do, send it to me and I will post your painting on my blog.

 peonies from my backyard

 columbine from my back yard

 poppies in the neighborhood

 poppies from down on Solar Rd.

 I think these are poppies from a road in Dietz farms

roses from outside my studio

 hollyhocks off of Fourth Street

 hollyhocks near Chimayo

 Bird of Paradise from a neighborhood off of Fourth Street

 A Dietz Farm home full of Bachelor Buttons and hollyhocks

 beautiful Jerusalem artichokes in bloom

 not sure what these are - Los Poblanos Inn and cultural Center Los Ranchos

You can see the lotus leaves and flowers in the background

 Bachelor Button field in Corrales

 Roses and a million other flowers - beautiful garden in Corrales

 Poppies and roses, Corrales

 Beautiful scene - red poppies and colorful background flowers, Dietz farm 

(I think)

 Larkspur, one of my favorite flowers - Corrales

 Not sure what these are, but they were a hit at last year's Corrales Garden Tour

 beautiful pear cactus blooms in my neighborhood

 Cholla cactus blooms in my neighborhood

Daisies? Sunflowers? Black-eyed Susans?

I hope you enjoyed this lovely scenic tour of some of my favorite 
flower and garden photos from last year.
I can't wait to get out there and do my day trip, plein air, 
photo-taking excursions soon!

7 - "SUMMER GORGE"

"SUMMER GORGE"

8x10"

oil on panel $100

Here's a second painting of the Rio Grande Gorge.

Preparation and block in for the painting almost never look good.

I keep painting and think - when is this going to start looking like the Gorge?

It's those last few touches and highlights that make all the difference.

To purchase this painting, click HERE.

6 summer sunset

"SUMMER SUNSET"

6x8"

oil on panel

$89

I spent yesterday playing with color and texture.

This is a summer sunset on the backside 

of the Sandia mountains. 
Love color!

Available at Sumner and Dene Gallery.

 

#1 summer greens

"SUMMER GREENS"

10x8"

oil on panel

$89

My first new daily painting!

I have so missed my daily paintings.


really wanted to capture the greens of summer and what better way to do that than with luscious red chilies?

I truly wasn't thinking about chilies as much as

about that bright, brilliant green of summer.

 

  

"SUMMER BOUQUET" SOLD

"SUMMER BOUQUET"

8X8"

SOLD

A commission for Tracy - thank you!

Funny - I just noticed the dark spot at the lower right hand of the flowers -

I'm not sure I like that. 

 It's strange how you sometimes don't notice things until you see them 

nice and bright (and large) on the computer.

NEWS

Today is May 1st and my SWEPT AWAY Challenge starts in only 8 days!

To follow this 145 day Challenge, click HERE.

I'm still waiting on 122 6x6" panels to arrive.

 I ordered 145, they shipped me 17 and back-ordered the rest. 

They should be here before the Challenge starts - I'm hoping.

If not, I have back-up!

I also wanted to let everyone know that the Corrales Studio Tour is this weekend.

If you're out and about, be sure to check it out.

It's a fantastic tour and I'll be out and about, visiting artists, myself.

Also, I have a painting in the upcoming exhibition "SEEDS - A COLLECTIVE VOICE"

"SEEDS" opens this Saturday from 4-8 at the Downtown Contemporary Gallery.

This is going to be a spectacular exhibit.

I will post more information on this one tonight.