by Dawn Chandler | Oct 1, 2014 | aspens, autumn, en plein air, new mexico landscapes, Santa Fe, trees
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...
by Dawn Chandler | Aug 23, 2013 | aspens, en plein air, hiking, new mexico landscapes, santa fe aspen vista trail, summer
I have to get out. Out from enclosure; out from a roof and four walls.I’ve spent all my summer under a roof and already there’s the whisper of autumn in the air.I need coolness. And damp. A cool damp place where parched dust doesn’t blow...
by Dawn Chandler | Jul 27, 2013 | aspens, Miranda, morning, new mexico landscapes, oil painting, Philmont
miranda morning ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel (en plein air) ~ 6 x 12 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013″Do you want to go paint in the backcountry?” Philmont’s Museum Director asked me the first day of my art residency.”Are you kidding...
by Dawn Chandler | Jun 7, 2012 | aspens, autumn, Baldy Mountain, landscape painting, New Mexico, Philmont, Tooth of Time
autumn on the edge of baldy ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil and mixed media on panel ~ 12 x 24 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2012Autumn on the edge….. Okay, so in early June perhaps no one is thinking of Autumn. But when I came across a photo of the Sangre de...
