Thus far we have had a productive monsoon season with afternoon storms rolling in almost every afternoon. After last years arid smoke filled summer it is a relief. Many of these late season paintings have become about the monsoons.
All these images measure 18″ x 24″ on 24″ x 30″ paper.
Tetilla Peak From Bonanza Ranch
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Storm Over The Sangre De Cristo Mountains
This was completed last month when spring storms had left the skies in a constant state of drama.
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Spring Bosque / Road to Lyden
Another from this spring. The new-green in the trees had me aching for summer. Now summer is here with a heat wave. I stopped by this paint site yesterday and found this valley dense with foliage, green upon green upon green.
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Long View to Pedernal
I’ve been trying to paint the distinctive Pedernal. O’Keeffe painted it many times and said “God told me once if I painted it enough, I could have it.” This is the first version I have felt comfortable enough with to mount and photograph.
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The Ghosts of La Cienega
Nestled in sensuous hills south of Santa Fe is the village of La Cienega. In the early days wagon trains would stop at El Rancho de las Golondrinas (now a museum of sorts) to refresh themselves before the journey north to Santa Fe or south to Albuquerque. The roads, lined with ancient cottonwoods, have always felt a bit haunted to me thus, when this image appeared on my easil, the title.
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Minimal Horizon / Tetilla Peak
These two paintings were done from Bonanza Ranch Road. I have spent a lot of time painting from this high point in the landscape which signals the transition between southern and northern New Mexico. Big views and multiple horizons.
Minimal Horizon / Cerrillos Hills
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Foothills / Manzano Range 1
Meant to hang together (obviously) these two pieces were done from a high point on Waldo Canyon Road looking east to the Ortiz Range.
Foothills / Manzano Range 2
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Summer Bosque / Road to Lyden
The first painting of this place was in winter. I returned to capture it in the spring with its tree branches budding new-green. Here the trees of summer and humid warmth of the air lend a more sculptural feel to this scene, the whole image becoming less wild and more bucolic.
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Bridge to La Cienega
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Sandia Blue II
The only opaque area of this painting is the distant Sandia Range, which translates in the photo as the lightest and most airy portion of the image. Thus the title “Sandia Blue”.
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Long View to Pojoaque / Early Light
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Monsoon Summer / Jemez Range
This time of year clouds build over the Jemez Range, 20 miles to the west, then move east to rain on our city. This one became a big blow just as I was finishing. The evenings are cool from the fresh rains.
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Monsoon Summer / Cerrillos Hills
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Early A.M. / La Cienega
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Early A.M. / Sierra Negra
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Early A.M. / Cerrillos Hills #2
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Storm Over Los Cerrillos
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View to the River
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Early A.M. / Cerrillos Hills
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Overcast / Jemez Range
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Receding Canyons / Jemez Range
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Georgia’s Mountain / My Painting
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Stepping East to Sierra Negra
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Autumn Bosque / Road to Lyden
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Hills of La Cienega Two
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Autumn Tree Stand / La Mesilla
Volcanos Over Albuquerque
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Cottonwood Grove / Abiquiu Inn
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View From Galisteo Basin
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View to the River / 8AM
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View to Pojoaque / 8AM
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The View East to Cerro Bonanza
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Placer Mountain in Shadow
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Noonday / South of Wagon Mound #1
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Noonday / South of Wagon Mound #2
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