new work for Artfest

"RAIN ON THE MOUNTAIN"

24"X30"

Artfest Painting

I took this in my backyard - love the fall leaves dropping on the pinon tree


"THE SUNFLOWER FIELD"
24"X30"
Artfest Painting

I feel like I haven't posted for a while. I have lots of paintings completed that I haven't even had time to photograph and still lots more to do before the Weems show opens on November 4.
I am mailing out postcards today and then it's right back to work. Fed-Ex delievered nine boxes of frames this morning and this is the third and final order. Whew - lots of unpacking to do.
The colors are changing here and it's beautiful everywhere. How I would love to be on a day trip to Jemez today! I am doing my best to get everything posted before the show, so watch for more paintings.

thrift store finds

I thought you might be getting tired of seeing my little paintings every single day, I am - just a little bit! So I took off on a treasure hunt today and this is some of what I came home with. What you see above is a beautiful silver colander, a round gold patterned tray, four brand new college-ruled notebooks (50 cents each), three muffin tins for cute little "baby" muffins or cupcakes, a book on how to be a good facilitator at meetings, and one of John Gray's books.

These are three books that looks interesting - The McDonaldization of Society,

Three Cups of Tea, and Pueblo Mothers and Children.

Here are my notebooks again and a really cool big book of Christmas stories, which I will share and read to my little niece Emily.


Three cool CDs that I found. I actually saw more good ones than just these, but I didn't want to go overboard. One is Christmas songs by old groups like The Platters and Martha and the Vandellas. The next is a latin one by Gloria Estafan and lots of guest artists, and the last is a really awesome crooner's CD. I hope they all work, I haven't played them yet.
That's part of the fun of the treasure hunt.
Sometimes you get something that doesn't work,
and - OH WELL!
I also got a swimsuit, two shirts, and a 100% cotton old-school red and white striped shirt to use as a painting smock.
I will probably stay up reading tonight - I have a full day of painting tomorrow and 1000 postcards to address and get ready for mailing. Good night!


Oh, I almost forgot - four cookbooks. One from Pampered Chef, one from Taste of Home, one from Prevention, and one from those church fundraising groups. How cool is that?

only one painting left...

This is the last little painting I have left - thanks to all who purchased and your paintings will go out in about a week, If anyone wants this last little one, send an email to dshadowtail@aol.com. $35 free shipping!

"THE FIELDS"

"THE FIELDS"

6"X6"

Artfest Painting

I've finished seven small Artfest paintings over the last three days - all 6x6s and 6x8s. I love painting that small with big brushes. This piece looks very abstract and I love it - I even brushed the ground strokes up into the sky. Risky for sure, I never know if I'm going to end up going too far and overdoing the whole thing. It's happened, for sure. I'm excited to see how it's going to look surrounded by my new frames. I'll post that tomorrow.

AND...I got an email this afternoon that both of my paintings had sold at the PAPNM exhibition at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos. I'm happy.

Thank You

"MONASTERY HILLS"

6"X8"

Artfest Painting #48

I need LOTS of practice painting these hills - they are so hard. Even if you just put a note of color where you see it, there are so many shadows and variations - and I am IMPATIENT. I still haven't been able to match the beautiful muted orange-gold that I saw when I was looking up at them. I guess practice might make perfect one day.

I would like to thank everyone who participated in the Studio Sale - that was crazy for me. I felt like I was posting every two minutes! I sold 10 paintings, kept one for myself, and have 7 left. If anyone is interested in any of the 7, you can have them for $35 apiece, including shipping. Just email me at dshadowtail@aol.com.

I have been working hard and with the studio tour going on last weekend, I haven't had time to post all of my Artfest paintings. You will see them starting to pop up now. I have 48 paintings (counting a couple from the 150 show and a few from the Weems show that just finished). The next few weeks are going to be absolutely crazy.
If you would like to receive a postcard to the Weems show and are not on my mailing list, drop me a line and I will get one out to you. Good night!

Studio Sale Painting #18

"WARM ADOBE"

6X6

$65 free shipping.

SOLD

Studio Sale Painting #17

"NATIVE HILLS"

7X5

$65 free shipping

SOLD

Studio Sale Painting #16

"ASPENCADE"

5X7

$65 free shipping

SOLD

Studio Sale Painting #15

#15 - "TOWARD DUSK"

7X5

$65 free shipping

Doesn't this look like somewhere you'd like to be? Sitting out there in a chair watching the sun go down and the moon come up.

To purchase through Paypal, click HERE.

Studio Sale Painting #14

#14 - "RED SUNSET"

5X7

$65 free shipping

I tried this in one of my new frames - it looks so pretty.

To purchase this painting, click HERE for Paypal information.

Studio Sale Painting #13

#13 - "AUTUMN BOUQUET"

7X5

$65 free shipping

SOLD

Studio Sale Painting #12

"POPPIES GALORE"

5X7

$65 free shipping

SOLD

Studio Sale Painting #11

"LITTLE PINKS"

5X7

$65 free shipping

For some reason, hollyhocks are my favorite subjects to paint. I almost love painting the stems and leave more than the flowers - so much nice cutting in you can do with the background paint.
If you want purchase, please send your name, number and title of the painting to dshadowtail@aol.com. I will send you a Paypal invoice and you have four hours to purchase. Then the painting goes to the next person in line. Thank you!

Studio Sale Painting #10

"GHOST RANCH COLORS"

5X7

$65 free shipping

SOLD

I was just there last week and this was from a photo I took - it was so pretty! Not quite gold yet, but getting there. And so peaceful.
Be the first to send your name, number and title of the painting to dshadowtail@aol.com and the painting is yours. I will send you a Paypal invoice and you have four hours to purchase. Then the painting goes to the next person in line.

Studio Sale Painting #9

"WARM TRIO"

7X5

$65 free shipping

SOLD

Studio Sale Painting #8

"AUTUMN BOUQUET ON RED"

6X6

$65 free shipping

SOLD

Studio Sale Painting #7

"HOLLYHOCKS WITH GREY"

6"X6"

$65 free shipping

SOLD (Claire)

I love this painting! You know the drill - send me your name, number of the painting and title to dshadowtail@aol.com. I will send you a Paypal invoice and you have four hours to purchase. Then the painting is offered to the next person in line.

Studio Sale Painting #6

"SUNSET ON ABIQUIU HILLS"

7X5

$65 free shipping

SOLD

painting goes to the next person in line. Thank you!

Studio Sale #5

" MESA WITH ROBIN'S EGG BLUE"
5X7
$65 free shipping

SOLD

sd you a Paypal invoice and you have four hours

Studio Painting for sale #4

#4 - "MESA RAINSTORM"

5X7

$65 free shipping

SOLD

One of the beautiful rainstorm sightings between here and Santa Fe.

The first person to email dshadowtail@aol.com with your name, email address, painting number and title gets it. You will be sent a Paypal invoice and have four hours to make payment. If not, the painting will go to the next person in line. Good luck!

Studio Sale #3

#3 - "TAOS BACKROADS"

5X7

$65 free shipping

SOLD

This is the view I get from taking the Taos rim road over Valdez and driving to the main road the goes to Arroyo Hondo. Does that make sense?? I was playing and wanted to be very loose and free with the strokes.

If you want this painting, send an email to dshadowtail@aol.com with your name, painting title and number and say "I WANT THIS PAINTING!" I will then send you a Paypal invoice and you have four hours to make payment. If not, the painting will be offered to the next person inline. Good luck!

Studio Sale Painting #2

"AUTUMN SUNFLOWERS ON RED"

5x7 $65 free shipping

SOLD (TF)

I have painted this subject many times. In fact, I just finished a much larger painting that will be auctioned off at Weems Artfest to benefit three different charities.

So...the first person to send their name, email address, title, and number of the painting to dshadowtail@aol.com will be sent a Paypal invoice. That person will have four hours to make their purchase. If not, the painting will be offered to the next person in line. Thank you!

STUDIIO SALE!

#1 "BLOSSOM TIME" 5X7 $65 includes free shipping. The first person who sends their name, email address, title, and number of the painting to my email address -mailto:-dshadowtail@aol.com will be sent a Paypal invoice. You will have four hours to respond to the invoice and make your purchase. If no purchase is made, the painting will become available. Good luck!

SOLD - Ellen. Thank you!

STUDIO SALE STARTING TONIGHT!

I will be offering my little 5x7 hardboard oil paintings in a Studio Sale that will start tonight. I will list the paintings with a Paypal button underneath, so whoever clicks it and purchases first will get each painting. I have about 19 of them, so get ready!

Each painting is $65 plus $5 shipping.

Thanks to all who came out and visited me on the Studio Tour yesterday - it was such fun! I sold paintings and visited with some regular clients, some people in town for the Balloon Fiesta, and most importantly, visited with a lot of neighbors I had never even met and I've been living here 12 years! we look forward to a great tour next year too. So stay tuned...

PREVIEW NIGHT FOR THE ALAMEDA TOUR

"MEDITATION GARDEN"

6"X6"

Raffle Painting for Preview Night

Hi all -

This sweet little painting will be my raffle item in tonight's Alameda Studio Tour drawing. The tour will be selling raffle tickets at Preview night tonight-

I think they are only ONE DOLLAR each!

Each item will have a Drop bag in front of it - you buy your tickets and drop them in the bag for the items you'd like a chance to win. So for only a dollar or two, you could win this $75 painting. I think that's AWESOME!

Each artist will also have a larger piece available to preview.

Preview Night will be from 4pm - 7pm at 834 Alameda NW (which is also Studio #16 on tomorrow's tour) and everyone is welcome! We'll have a little music, a little food and beverage, a raffle, a chance to meet all of the artists. So, come on out and join us for the first annual Alameda Studio Tour!

Untitled

7"x5"

STUDIO TOUR INFORMATION

The Alameda Studio Tour is almost here!

Friday night is PREVIEW NIGHT and I invite you all to come and and listen to some great music, meet the artists, have some refreshments, and participate in a very cool raffle we have going on for each artist's work.
My own studio will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 5pm. I am painting for Artfest now but have been working on some small pieces just for tour visitors- you can see one of the paintings above. We'll have some goodies here at the house, so come on out and visit!

Very few people actually get to see the inside of my studio - artist studios are very personal spaces. Some artists have people in all of the time, and some never let ANYONE enter their creative space. I'm pretty easy going, I hope it's passably clean!

Visit the site for the tour - www.alamedastudiotour.com - and you can find out all the info and download the map if you'd like.

If you want to pick up a brochure, we'll have them at Preview Night, or at a tent set up at the elementary school at 4th and Alameda. See you there!

Artfest paintings

"PURPLE HILLS"

8"X8"

"ONE PURPLE"

16"X12"

"HONDO BACKROADS"

6"X8"

new Artfest paintings

"ROSES AND OLD WOOD"

10"X10"

"IRIS AND WINDOW"

6"X6"

"MESA GOLD"

10"X10"

"TRIO WITH RED"

6"X12"

"FALL VIEW AT THE GORGE"

8"X10"

solo day trip...

on the way to the monastery - thirteen miles of dirt road but worth every bump
a view of Pedernal - lovely fall colors

near ghost Ranch - isn't this beautiful?

old morada at Abiquiu - look at the valley below

the porch at the Abiquiu Inn - so New Mexico!

Oh my gosh, what a wonderful day. I went to paint in Abiquiu, Ghost Ranch, and Christ in the Desert Monastery - lugged all of my stuff and I ended up driving all over and taking over 700 photos - not one painting. I just wish I was going again in about two weeks because the trees will all be really golden. I may have to just go for it. This has given me months of inspiration!

Balloons!

Balloon flying over my head in the back yard

Weird shape - not a gas balloon, but pretty

Fall colors - this tree is in my back yard also

So close - the dogs were not happy
Thought he was going to land on us

flying over the house next door

Every year I say the same thing ...I am NOT going to take balloon pictures this year! I only have 1000 or so. And after a while they all start to look alike. But then, you awaken on a beautiful fall morning (like today) to that magnificent sound - the propane tanks being fired up. It sounds so close, so you grab your camera, run outside, and this is what you see. All over the place! For some reason, I don't know, balloons just fill ny heart with happiness. There's something so friendly about ballooning. We are the best city on earth right now!