MADRUGADA DE PICURIS - GLAZES/OPAQUES

7/27-08 -- "MADRUGADA DE PICURIS" - 48"X48" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen. The sky is completed - there are pink and yellow sunrise tones in the sky - hoping this part of the painting will inform the light on the trees and foreground. On a canvas this size everything is a SURPRISE! This canvas has the feeling to me that it is painting itself ..... in my vocabulary, it's called "a little magic". DC

MADRUGADA DE PICURIS - 48"x48" Work in Progress

"MADRUGADA DE PICURIS" - Underpainting
48"x48" Orig. Oil on Fine Belgian Linen

7/23/08 -- It seems as though I have been staring at this underpainting for months, perhaps longer. These trees are on Picuris Pueblo land at the turn off to Truchas. They've always symbolized something really peaceful and solid for me.....I guess I've hesitated because I hope so much to do them justice. Have been working on the glazes for a week or two and will post them as soon as this second phase of the painting is complete. DC

SIESTA IN RED - NEW ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING

"SIESTA IN RED" - NEW
24"X24" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
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AGUA FRIA - NEW COMPLETED ORIG. OIL

"AGUA FRIA" - NEW ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
30"x24" on Fine Belgian Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

It's a quiet Sunday afternoon here in Taos -- Listened to a new audiobook titled "Peace Like a River" by Leif Enger this morning while I worked -- thought it was quite appropriate. This is a painting is of the Rio Pueblo as it runs under Ranchitos Road near my house. I took great license with the time of day and other details.....in the end I think it all came together quite nicely.

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(PS: To see the initial underpainting for this canvas, scroll down to my post of 24 June - DC)

AGUA FRIA MIXING PALETTE

Friday, 18 July - Here is the palette for AGUA FRIA from yesterday -- I thought these colors were so fantastic, I hated to clean them up at the end of the day. The blue/purple tints are for the sky -- saved the rest of these mixes to paint the water today. The orange/reds are for the setting sun. DC

AGUA FRIA -- MORE GLAZES

"AGUA FRIA" - WORK IN PROGRESS
30"x24" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen

7/15/08 -- If you scroll down to the previous image, you might understand that I wanted to give up on this canvas entirely. Finally, I put a new Audio Book on my CD player and "dived" in -- no pun intended. My intention is to have the feeling of "last light" in this piece, which means the foreground will be dark and moody and the sky and the highlights soft. The setting sun is a combination of Cadmium Red and Thalo Rose Red with a touch of white. The tall trees are combinations of Yellow Ochre, Permalba White, Burnt Sienna and Mars Black - a little Holbein Rose Grey (I love this color! it adds warmth to the transitional tones.) The water - various combinations of Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Thalo Blue, Thalo Green, Mars Black. I will let these colors dry for a day or two before I work in the final opaque paints. Stay Tuned! DC

AGUA FRIA - WORK IN PROGRESS - THE GLAZES

"AGUA FRIA" - WORK IN PROGRESS
30"x24 Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen

7/5/08 - Another painting with a lot of free form -- that's why I love to paint water. Autumn, early evening colors -- will work on the glazes more tomorrow. DC

MOONDREAMS -- New Original Oil - SOLD

"MOONDREAMS" (Completed 7/4/08)
Sold 7/5/08

24"x30" Original Oil Painting on Fine Belgian Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner