MIS SUENOS DEL RIO - Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 815 - MIS SUENOS DEL RIO (Rio Grande at Pilar, N.M.) 22"x28" Work in Progress (Underpainting).  All colors mixed with Underpainting White and Turpentine.   Color Notes:  Hills - Combinations of Prussian Blue, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Yellow Ochre, Dioxazine Purple.  Trees: Combinations of Prussian Blue, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow.  Water:  Cobalt Blue, Dioxazine Purple. 

MIS SUENOS DEL RIO (Rio Grande at Pilar, N.M.) - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Sketch)

Studio No. 815 - MIS SUENOS DEL NORTE (My Dreams of the River - Rio Grande at Pilar, N.M.)  22"x28" Work in Progress (Sketch) - Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Sketch is applied with Prussian Blue oil paint and turpentine.

ROMERO ROAD (Tesuque, N.M.) - 9"x12" Original Oil - Sold

Studio No. 2214 - ROMERO ROAD (Tesuque, N.M.) - 9"x12" Original Oil, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Sold

CHIMAYO - New 16"x12" Original Oil

Studio No. 715 - CHIMAYO - New 16"x12" Original Oil on Italian Panel, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 2/6/15 - Sold 2/7/15 (Bernardsville, N.J.) - Thank you!

Progress.....

Warming up.....Tesuque, N.M.

A Gift of Kindness....

PASSING STORM - NEW 12"x36" Original Oil Painting

Studio No. 615 - PASSING STORM (Taos, New Mexico) - New 12"x36" Original Oil on 2" cradled panel.  Completed 1/8/15 - Sold

EVENING VESPERS - New 16"x20" Original Oil

EVENING VESPERS (Placitas, New Mexico) New 16"x20 Original Oil on Belgian Linen. Completed 1/6/15 - Sold

PASSING STORM - 12"X36" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 615 - PASSING STORM (Taos, New Mexico) - 12"x36" Original Oil on 2" cradled panel.  Panel is gessoed with Payne's Grey tint 3x.  Colors are mixed to pastel tones with MG Underpainting White and Distilled Turpentine.  Clouds: Paynes Grey, cobalt blue.  Mountains:  Prussian Blue, Cobalt Blue.  Trees:  Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre.  Foreground:  Cadmium Red, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.

ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING......1/5/15

COUNTRY LANE (Near Dixon, New Mexico), New 22"x28" Original Oil

Studio No. 315 - COUNTRY LANE (Near Dixon, New Mexico) - New 22"x28" Original Oil.  Completed 12/17/14.   Preview/Purchase.

CORAZON SAGRADO (Tesuque, N.M.) - New Studio Edition Print

CORAZON SAGRADO (Tesuque, New Mexico) - New Archival Studio Edition Print.  (Look for Santa in the window!) - $40.00.  Preview/Purchase.

COUNTRY LANE - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 315 - COUNTRY LANE - 22"x28" Orig. Oil - Work in Progress (Glazes).  Glazes are transparent or semi-transparent colors applied to the underpainting once it is sufficiently dry with oil painting medium.  Fall foliage:  Burnt Sienna, Pink Ochre, Ochre.  Grasses:  Burnt Sienna, Deep Ochre, Olive Green, Burnt Umber.

COUNTRY LANE - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 315 - COUNTRY LANE - 22"x28" Orig. Oil on Belgian Linen. Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Colors are mixed with MG Underpainting White and Turp. - Pinon Trees:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque - outlined with Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Fall Foliage:  Cadmium Yellow; Yellow Ochre.  Grasses:  Combinations of Mars Orange, Yellow Ochre, Chrome Oxide Green, Olive Green, Cadmium Orange.  Road:  Mars Orange, Holbein Rose Grey, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre.

ON THE ROAD - NEW 6"X14" Original Oil

Studio No. 415 - ON THE ROAD (Near Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico) 6"x24" Original Oil on a 2" Cradled Panel.  Completed 12/12/14.  $350.00   Preview/Purchase.

ASSEMBLA DE DIOS (Truchas, New Mexico) New 40"x40" Original Oil

ASSEMBLA DE DIOS (Assembly of God Church, Truchas, New Mexico) - 40"x40" Original Oil, unframed. Completed 11/20/14. Note: I rented the small adobe house to the left of the church from my friend, Susie Romero, and it was my studio once upon a time.  Click here to Preview/Purchase.

Studio No. 215 - ASSEMBLA DE DIOS - 40"X40" Work in Progress (The Glazes) - Glazes are transparent and semi-transparent oil colors which I believe add richness and depth to the final painting.  Glazes are mixes with Oil Painting Medium (Recipe will be posted next week).  Trees and Yellow Grasses:  Transparent Gold Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Gold Ochre Deep.  Green Trees and Grasses:  Burnt Sienna and Prussian Blue - with some Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Note:  Opaque colors can be thinned to a semi-transparency.   Reddish Grasses:  Burnt Sienna and Alizarin Crimson.

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS - 12"x44" Original Oil

 

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS (The Clouds of Truchas, New Mexico) - New 12"x44" Original Oil on Belgian Linen completed 11/7/14.  Preview/Purchase.

ASSEMBLA DE DIOS - 40"x40" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

ASSEMBLA DE DIOS (Truchas, New Mexico) - 40"x40" Work in Progress (Underpainting).  Almost all colors are mixed with Winsor-Newton Underpainting White.  Note: Am testing this new white - doesn't dry as fast as Grumbacher MG.  Sky:  Thalo Blue, Thalo Green.  Trees and Grasses:  Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Red, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Yellow Ochre.