Showing posts with label Heart's Desire Beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heart's Desire Beach. Show all posts

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Midday on the Mesa

oil on panel, 6" x 8"

This little study was started on site, at a pullout looking west on Blueberry Hill Road on the outskirts of Taos, and finished in the studio.  It was a hot day and I had started just as the sun was getting intense.  It seems my fascination with cows has followed me to New Mexico.  

Monday, July 10, 2017

Heart's Desire Beach

oil on gesso board panel, 8" x 10"

This rough plein air painting nearly lost its life at the beach when a gust of wind flipped it over face down onto my palette, but I managed to salvage it in the end.  There were a couple of other distractions for me at this location, what with my pizza box (which doubles as a wet painting carrier) flying away and getting slapped against a picnicking family down the beach, and somebody wanting to photograph me painting.  Oy, the joys of outdoor painting!  Still, I considered it a fun experience, as I had my friend and fellow painter Joyce Creswell with me to laugh about and share it with.