I'm heading to Ojo today. Ojo Caliente.Ojo = Eye. Caliente = Hot.A friend gave me a free pass that I have to use within a few weeks, so, even though my head is spinning with deadlines and a growing list of projects I need to tend to, I'm unplugging and...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
Dawn Chandler
1.14.14 ~ burning paintings & the journey, iv ~ playa slideshow
A fireplace in the studio brings out the latent pyromaniac in many a de-cluttering artist....Two weeks into the New Year and a huge chunk of me has lain dormant in the memory of my art residency at Playa. I've been distracted since returning home, hardly able to...
12.30.13 ~ the journey, iii: the gift of time ~ playa
The creative community of Playa sits at the base of Winter Ridge and the edge of Summer Lake in Lake County, Oregon.Where I was headed was Playa, a residency program for creative individuals.And what is a residency program?A residency program is the priceless gift of...
12.16.2013 ~ the journey, ii: of high deserts and alkali lakes
Walking the dry, alkali mudflats of Summer Lake in Lake County, OregonPassing through eastern Utah.I cut the same path across the Rand McNally Atlas that My Man and I had done in June when we road-tripped to the Pacific Northwest: Route 160 skirting southwest...
12.11.13 ~ the journey, i: copping out. …..or not.
To think I almost didn't do it.Almost copped out from even trying.But the logistics of it all made my head hurt.To do it would mean so much planning, so much strategy... • I was going to California the weekend before to attend a...
10.02.13 ~ listen to the silence ~ wheeler peak, taos, new mexico
listen to the silence ~ wheeler peak trail, taos, new mexico ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed medi on panel (diptych) ~ 24"x36" copyright dawn chandler 2013Looking forward to tomorrow and being at this very spot....and listening to the silence. With the aspens...
9.26.2013 ~ painting autumn in frisco, colorado
9.24.13 ~ that old september feeling: recalling autumn, on the edge of baldy
9.17.13 ~ what i really need right now….
what i really need right now.... ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media on panel (diptych) ~ 12" x 36" x 1.5" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013It's the clouds, maybe more than anything else, that defines New Mexico for me. The sweep of grasslands and mesas between Springer and...
9.11.13 ~ new england comes to new mexico
remembering the storm ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil & mixed media on panel ~ 6" x 6" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013After a week in New England, I'm returning home to Santa Fe today — a home soggy with late-season record-breaking monsoonal rains. I'm thrilled to wake up...