Two New Horse Paintings

Some of those fancy Gypsy

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More new paintings

The only thing to do when everyone is going crazy is what relaxes you which is painting for me. Here are four new ones. One I call Old Town Pueblo, Sorrel in the morning ( maybe I'll paint some more horses), and two on 5x 7 inch panels, Big Bend TX and spring in NM

Two New Paintings

A "lone bull" and my interpretation of White Sands, NM

New Paintings

Ok been wanting to paint something purple so went for Tucumcari Mt in NM at sunset. Then as a project did an Alpine lake alongside someone else. Theirs is significantlydifferent of course although they both started the same. Last but not least, a North Florida swamp.

Scottsbluff

OK, the buffalo may be hokey but what the hey

Fancy Boy one of my peacocks

It has been a moment or two since I inflicted a painting on you. I did this one a couple of weeks ago. It's my 5 year old peacock Fancy Boy.

2nd of the Salt Missions "Abo"

Here's the 2nd of the Salt Missions, Abo. I've been working on it and Gran Quivara on my lunch hours the last week or so.

Painting Delicate Arch, Arches NP UT

This is one of the places I hope to go see next year on the big tour of the West either right before or right after the bull riding finals.

Quarai painting

I decided what I really wanted as my next project was the three Salinas missions that my friend Nancy and I visited last November while in NM. I had taken a lot of photos of them. Now that I am playing with acrylics I have found several I think I'll paint, Quarai is the first of them. By the time I retire I should have plenty to put up in the coffee shop.

Enjoy

Devil's mittens

This is a pretty liberal interpretation of the mitten buttes in Monument Valley but what the hey, I'm a liberal kind of gal. I hope to go visit them for real next November but until then photos and travel information will just have me living vicariously. Just finished this piece today. Have another one started of an arch in Arches National Park that I hope to work on this weekend.

My students are aware of my someday hoped for desire to retire out West somewhere. I have laughingly told them that I hope someday to be retired and run a little coffeehouse where locals and tourist can come, and today between my students rolling the idea around and myself rolling it around we either came up with a name or a slogan for this future entrepreneurship. Bad Paintings, Good Advice and Great Coffee or maybe Great Coffee, Good Advice and Bad Paintings. Go ahead and weigh in if you have an opinion on it.

Magdalena, NM Depot

OK, here's my depot to go with the San Antonio Depot I painted. Enjoy!

Painting

Thanks to everyone for the comments (public and private) about the painting. I have often joked ( well its only partly a joke) that I would retire and run a little coffee shop at which I would sell "bad" paintings of the American West and maybe rocks too (or painted rocks as it were) . I figured if I plan on doing that in 10 years guess I better start practicing now, or building up an inventory. Started a new painting yesterday of a rock formation in Moab UT. Red rocks, blue sky you get the picture. Will post it when finished.

San Antonio, New Mexico ( or its been 25 years)

I When I was younger I used to draw, paint, sketch, when I was in college I painted some with oils and a little with acrylics but that was 25 years ago when I laid down the brush and was too busy raising my son, going to school and working full time to even consider painting. Everytime I walk by art supplies I think hmmm I sure would like to try again. Finally, last week I was in Hobby Lobby picking up a frame for a piece I had someone else paint for me and they had all art supplies on sale 30% off. I grabbed some brushes, some acrylics, a palette, some canvas boards to work on and this is the first thing I've painted in over two decades. Last November (08) when I was in NM I drove down to the Bosque del Apache NWR and to get there you drive through San Antonio, NM a cute, quaint unincorporated little town just north of the NWR. I stopped and took a photo of their old depot it was appealing to me in the way that ghost town buildings are. There's a bit of artistic license in the background but I'm pretty happy with the effort. Next the depot in Magdalena, NM.