I am overjoyed to announce the release of my new website and blog: www.taosdawn.com And —okay — I admit it: I'm feeling kinda smug about it. After months and months of work on this thing, the relief at finally being able to cross it off my "To Do List" is pretty darn...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
Dawn Chandler
my october: a mink, two moose and a baldy eagle
A mink, two moose and a baldy eagle. That's who I spent my October with. They, and seven of the best creative minds I could ever hope to meet. We were living at the mouth of a small valley, where the open range-land ripples as it abuts the nearby mountains,...
mirrorless paintings of leaves and glass ~ my last post… for a while.
photograph by dawn chandler of dale chihuly glass sculpture at the denver botanic gardens, october 2014. "Ohhhhhhh.... That hurts. That's so sad," the man at the table next to me said when my camera hit the cement floor of the Santa Fe Baking Company last...
four autumn mornings
I can't resist. I've got to be up there among them. To lose myself among the gold coins of leaves — a world's ransom of gold leaf.My new home in town gives me a fine vantage point from which to observe the mountains and their mood. And so it was one day early last...
giving away free art again!
lo·co ˈlōcō/ adjective informal adjective: loco crazy. Origin late 19th century: from Spanish, ‘insane.’ Evidently I'm loco, for I'm giving away free art again. Congratulations to Mr. CW Webb of Texas who read my summer edition of my online newsletter "Studio...
meeting oneself above timberline
walking to the clouds ~ santa fe baldy ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 12" x 24" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014 I love being above timberline. My first recollection of being above timberline must stretch back to my childhood, hiking those stunning mountains of...
from the summit of santa fe baldy
view from the summit ~ santa fe baldy ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 12" x 24" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014In July two friends and I did a three-day backpacking trip to the summit of Santa Fe Baldy [elevation 12,631']. Though the forecast was literally...
water and oil DO mix
My quandary in June was what art supplies to bring on a 3-week road trip. I had been having such fun this spring doing my little 5"x7" plein-air oil paintings with my cool little Guerilla Thumb Box, that I really kinda wanted to do that: Bring oils. But what about the...
the rhythm of the heat and creative holiness in the outback series
and find what i need ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media ~ 10" x 20" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014The most recent paintings in The Outback Series are among my most favorite, for they were created in a perfect storm of intense, passionate and focused creativity. Over the...
going BIG ~ large scale and intention with the outback series
i realize now the rewards ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media on canvas ~ 48" x 48" inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014 Without a doubt, the most exciting paintings for me to produce in this series are the large works — a diptych (two panels) measuring 48" x 48" and...