the village of Corrales

I went to the grower's market in Corrales yesterday and I also drove around taking photos - one of which was this beautiful bed of cosmos - aren't they gorgeous?

These are little ristras of garlic, onions, and shallots. The girl behind the table was stringing a ristra of chamisa, which I had never seen. It was pretty! I think I got part of it in one of my other photos.

Oh the red chile - it was crazy red. There wasn't a lot but I sure wanted to bring some home.

The first pumpkins I've seen. They had these set up in a long vertical line and I thought they made a nice photo, with the lines, the black shadows and grey concrete.

A basket of chile, all colors!

Today I am headed to Curves, then to pick up photos, then back in the studio all day - I have SO much work to do. Oh, and I would like to remind all of you who live in Albuquerque:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 IS THE FUNDRASER AT FLYING STAR (Coors and Alameda NW) for the ALAMEDA STUDIO TOUR
Please come and eat at the restaurant. You can come any time during the day, but we will be there at 5pm and later. We will be passing out brochures and 10% of Flying Star's proceeds for that day will benefit the tour. Come out and visit and have some great food!

photo trip to Casa Rodena

Okay, so we had a paint out at the Casa Rodena Winery on Monday and I knew I didn't want to actually paint, but I wanted to go and shoot some photos for Future paintings. I did take some photos of the winery and saw about eight or nine fellow painters out there, but most of my photos were of other places, to be honest. It was fun - I could go out every day and spend all my time doing nothing but looking for unique and cool photo opportunities. The photo above is at Los Poblanos - a working farm, store, lavender fields, gardens, inn and cultural center right in the heart of the north valley. Such a cool view - the mountains in the background, masses of wild sunflowers on the far left, cosmos in the foreground, and lavender and vegetable rows in between.

This was a Mr. sheep with his flock out in a field on Rio Grande. He kept jumping up in the tree and biting off leaves. I think it was one of those elm trees that crop up everywhere, and he must've liked it because I could've taken a hundred photos of him doing this. Finally he got tired and meandered his flock back towards the house.

This is a little tiny vineyard on the east side of Rio Grande. I will be going back in a month or so because once the leaves turn golden and brown, I can get great shots with the mountains in the background. This guy was having a great time, you have no idea how slowly this tractor was moving, he was just weaving in between the rows and enjoying the day.

A cool little adobe house on Guadalupe Street. There are those native sunflowers again! This will definitely be a painting for Artfest.I love the color of those windows.

This is an older home on El Pueblo or Ranchitos. It was the color of the fake brick with the beauty of the morning glories that caught my eye. Aren't they beautiful? This almost looks like an old mobile home that has been added onto through the years - I passed right by it and swung back for a second look. I had to zoom in to get this shot. Think this would make a nice painting?

I have two pieces in this exhibition, so if you live in Taos, or are headed up for any reason, please stop by, it should be a fantastic show!

There is an artist's reception from 5-7pm on September 17, and a member paint-out on the grounds of the museum from 9am - 12pm on Saturday, September 18.

Four new Artfest paintings

I comlpeted four new Artfest paintings today. To take a peek, click on the image above!

Pears and updates

This is when I know fall is near - the pears are ripe from my pear tree. They look delicious, but we've never been able to eat them. They have a really gritty aftertaste that I think comes from the skin. But they look so nice against my adobe courtyard wall!

This is my old ranchhouse bench I found at the estate sale place and it seemed the perfect spot to display my pears. I think there will definitely be a pear painting at Artfest this year.

A nice trio

UPDATES

I'm heavy into Artfest painting now - on Monday, I order all of the rest of my frames, plus any canvases I need that have to be special ordered. I also have to pick up my regular canvases. My Artfest countdown includes sizes ranging from 6x6 to 30x40.

Also, Saturday and Sunday, October 8 and 9, I will be opening my studio up for the first Annual Alameda Studio Tour. We have 5000 brochures and will be passing them out all over town and also at the Balloon Fiesta. The studio tour runs from 10am - 5pm both days and we are also having a big Preview night on Friday, October 7, from 4pm - 7pm. There will be food, music, a raffle for artwork, displays of our work, etc. It should be fun! If you've ever wanted to take a sneak peek at an artist's studio, now is the time. I will have my studio open and will offer refreshments and maybe a prize or two.

Fundraiser - we will also be holding a fundraiser night at the Flying Star restaurant on Wednesday, September 21, I believe from 5pm - 9pm. 10% of all proceeds from the day will benefit the Alameda Studio Tour. Flying Star would like us to bring in an extra 50-150 people to eat at the restaurant that evening. We will have the outdoor courtyard to display work and we hope you'll all come out to join us - because we need the donation!

I also have a paintout at the Casa Rodena Winery and Ghost Ranch this month, and the exhibition opens at Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, on September 17. We have a paint out on the grounds of the museum On September 18. I have two pieces in the exhibition; "LITTLE ADOBE" and "AUTUMN IN SECO."

First painting for Weems Artfest

This is painting #1 for Weems Artfest. I have a created a new blog to showcase the paintings (and so I can keep track of them). I will post a link to the blog every time I finish a new one. So, to check out the blog, click HERE.

New post - http://deewhatever.blogspot.com

WEEMS SHOW INFORMATION....scroll down

"AUTUMN AT THE GORGE"

40"X30"

This one is show unfinished. You will have to come to the gallery to see the completed painting!

"HIGH ASPENS"

40"X30"

"MEADOW COLOR FIELD 11"

30"X40"

"MEADOW COLOR FIELD III"

30"X40"

"O'KEEFE'S PEDERNAL"

40"X30"

There are more paintings to see below....

WEEMS GROUP SHOW

WHO:

BC NOWLIN
DEE SANCHEZ
ESTA BAIN
RUSS BALL
CC OPIELA

WHEN:

Begins Saturday, September 3, 2011

WHERE:

WEEMS GALLERY UPTOWN
Louisiana and Montgomery NE
293-6133

TIME:

The gallery opens at 10am. I will be at the gallery from about 11am - 1pm.
Please come by and see the new paintings and say hi!
I have ten new 30x40" pieces and sixteen smaller works.

WEEMS SHOW STARTS TOMORROW!

"SECO FLOWERS"
40"X30"

"SPRING MEADOW"

40"X30"


"POPPIES"
30"X40"


"SUNFLOWERS ON RED"
30"X40"

"HONDO COUNTRY"

30X40"

"CONEFLOWER COLOR FIELD III"

30"X40"

Another of my paintings for the Weems show that opens this Saturday.

getting ready for the Alameda Studio Tour

These are a few of our wonderful artists from the Alameda Studio Tour.

Guess who is taking the picture? Me!

this is our historical Marker. If you 'd like to know a brief history of Alameda, click on www.alamedastudiotour.com

WEEMS SHOW THIS WEEKEND

"HIGH ASPENS"

40"X30"

I am working on my last painting for the upcoming Weems group show that opens this Saturday. I will have ten 30x40 paintings - all in oil, which I've never done before. And the surprising thing - I really like all of them! Well, I'm not done with the very last one but hopefully I will like it too. I will try to post some of them late tonight. I am loading up about 7 of them and dropping them at Weems today. The rest will be delivered tomorrow. I will be stopping by to visit my wonderful photographer, Pat Berrett, so he can shoot all of the paintings before th show.

So, stay tuned. I will have photos of each painting, and show information.

UNTITLED

40"X30"

new painting for the upcoming Weems show Saturday, September 3, 2011

Still working on:

aspens

Algodones sunset

The Rio Grande Gorge

an adobe and pasture with flowers

untitled...

"UNTITLED"

40"X30"

Newest painting for upcoming Weems show.

Busy now so I will write more tomorrow night.

Daily Painting #15

"MOUNTAIN HIGH"

6"X6"

SOLD

I am really happy with the way this little painting turned out. I keep wanting to look at it, which doesn't always happen. I painted very quickly and didn't think so much about the finished painting - it was all about laying down contrasting colors next to each other. A nice feeling to complete something that you like!

little commission

"O'KEEFE'S PEDERNAL"

6"X6"

SOLD

A little commission of Georgia's favorite mountain.

I finished another 30"x40" today, it's called "HONDO AUTUMN" and I will post it tomorrow along with a little daily painting I completed but haven't had time to photograph.

O'Keefe's Pederna;

new painting for Weems Show

This is my newest painting for the upcoming Weems show at the beginning of September. It looks very romantic and mysterious in person! Today I am working on a large Arroyo Hondo landscape, a daily painting, and toning another two large canvases. But first I'm going to buy fruits and vegetables and shoot some photos of Corrales.

Daily Painting #14

"THE ASPENS"

6"X6"

SOLD

This is a sweet little study for the 40x30" I'm getting ready to start today. This was from a photo taken on the Enchanted Circle, the magical drive from Taos through Los Alamos.

Beautiful area.

Hi all!

I wanted to let you know that I am interviewed this week in the Daily Painters Cafe.

Please click HERE to read the interview.

daily painting #13

"MEDITATION GARDEN"

6"X6"

$75

Wow, I have worked a lot today. I finished my large sunflower, I finished a large vertical floral (I'll post that one tomorrow), and I got two small daily paintings completed. This is the first one and I love it. The colors are rich and vibrant and the brush had its own rhythm.

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please click HERE for Paypal information.

a sneak peek....

These are my first two works in progress for the upcoming show at Weems Uptown that opens on Sunday, September 4th. I'm loving them. They will all be the same size - 30"x40" and will all be framed (assuming my frames arrive in time for the show!). I have three WILDS (thats what I call any chaotic masses of flowers), the sunflower you see above, an arroyo landscape, a vertical aspen, a vertical Pedernal, the river at Arroyo Hondo, a vertical hollyhocks at Arroyo Seco, and I'm debating over two sunsets - one of Elena Gallegos, one of Algodones. I just have to choose. I think they will all look pretty striking when they're hanging together. More tomorrow and I have two daily paintings in the works.

"BREAKTHROUGH"

"BREAKTHROUGH"

30"X40"

A wildly chaotic mass of flowers! This is the painting that I've created for the Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation's fundraiser "LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE."

I will also have another daily painting tonight AND... coming up this week - I will spend 10 days creating 10 30x40 paintings for my upcoming group show with Esta Bain, Russ Ball, BC Nowlin, and CC Ophelia at Weems Uptown Gallery. That show will open on Sunday, September 4th. More information to follow on that. Enjoy your Sunday!

daily painting #12

"ROSES AT EL RANCHO"

8"X8"

SOLD

This is one of my favorite paintings. It's very soft and serene and I love the old window. There are so many windows like this in New Mexico, and it's very beautiful to see a multitude of flowers blooming against soft adobe walls.

beginning...

Loose sketch and beginning block-in of color for 30x40 painting titled "BREAKTHROUGH" for the Presbyterian Healthcare's annual fundraiser, "Laughter is the Best Medicine."

daily painting #11

"AUTUMN STREAM, HONDO COUNTRY"

6"X6"

SOLD

Arroyo Hondo is one fo my favorite places to paint, especially in the fall. There are the mountains, the Rio Grande Gorge, the John Dunn bridge, rolling mesas, streams. You could spend a month there and still not get it all.

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please click HERE for Paypal information.

daily painting #10

"O'KEEFE COUNTRY"

6"X6"

SOLD

I could drive around Abiuquiu and take photos of Pedernal and Ghost Ranch all day. That whole region is so magical and mystical to me. It never looks the same, and that's the beauty of it. I wish I lived right at this view and could paint it every day. Lucky Georgia.

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please click HERE for Paypal information.

new daily painting #9

"THE ARROYO"
10"X8"

oil on hardboard
SOLD

This is view of the stream coming out of the John Dunn Bridge area in Arroyo Hondo. I really like the soft colors in the hills and vegatation around the stream. It is so challenging to have to mix your paint colors out on location. You may also see small bits of dirt and the landscape in this painting, which makes it more exciting.
I submitted three paintings for the upcoming juried show at Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos. Only two could be accepted and the other two were chosen, which leaves this sweet little painting available.
If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please click HERE for Paypal information.

new daily painting #8

"EARTH AND SKY"
8"X10"
SOLD

This is a painting of the clouds, mountains and hills of Abiquiu, New Mexico. I think I took this photo on a beautiful fall day trip last year.
If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please click HERE for Paypal information.

I headed up to Elena Gallegos yesterday to record the beautiful sunset. I knew it would happen because there were lots of clouds at the horizon line. I haven't finished all of the photos yet, but the sunset was pretty awesome.

AUCTIONS

Okay, I said some time ago that I wasn't very fond of auctioning off my daily paintings and it's still true. I know personally, that if I see a painting I absolutely love and feel like I HAVE to have it, I don't want to wait seven days and try to beat out several other people at the last minute for my treasure. So on each daily painting that I offer, there will be a Paypal button underneath. If you see a painting that you love, click on the button, and follow the instructions. It's easy and you can pay with any credit card - you do not have to be a member of Paypal.
I am starting my dailies again today, so there should be a steady flow - mostly in sizes, 6x6, 6x8, and 8x10. The prices will vary accordingly.

WORKING
This is a busy next four months. Here is my basic schedule:

~Weems Group Show - opens September 4th, 2011. Painting 10 30x40 framed oil paintings, which I'm really excited about! Hopefully my frames arrive in time.
~30x40 painting for a fundraiser for Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation.
~Six commissioned paintings with no absolute deadlines. Whew!
~At least 4 daily paintings per week offered for purchase
~Start painting now for Weems Artfest, which opens November 4, 2011 (actually a little behind schedule on this one)
~ A multiple paintout day to Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch in September. Looking forward to Abiquiu in the fall
~A day trip to Taos in October
~in the thinking stages of a big two person collaborative show with artist Muchelle Chrisman from Taos
~Check into having some calenders and greeting cards made for Artfest

Okay, I better go have lunch and get started! Watch for the first daily painting of the week tonight.

short trip to Madrid yesterday

The most beautiful sky yesterday! I had to go to Johnson's Gallery to pick up paintings and I decided to drive almost to Santa Fe and take the turnoff that way, going through Galisteo and Cerrillos. It looked like it had rained - everything looked so clean and the clouds and sky were just luscious!

This is the steeple of the church in Cerrillos. It was pretty quiet, probably because it was a Monday, but I did see a few people hanging out, taking pictures.

The view coming down into Madrid from Cerrillos. What you see here is Main Street with all of the little shops, galleries, and markets.

A sunflower out in front of a little shop in Cerrillos. This will defnitely be a painting!

Maybe a large oil for the upcoming September 4 Weems show.

This was leaving Madrid and heading towards Golden and Cedar Crest. Aren't the colors just gorgeous? I wish I would've had more time to just cruise around - I would've loved to go to Galisteo.

This morning I went to pick up canvas - now I have nine of the ten 30x40 canvases I need and the other one should be in by Friday. Now if only my frames get here in time. They're being made and not promised by show date.

new book...

The new ARTIST LOOKBOOK from One Artist Road,

my gallery in Santa Fe, is finished and at the printer.

It's beautiful!

To preview the book and view the artists, CLICK HERE.