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 19, 2014 | backpacking, hiking, new mexico landscapes, oil painting, Santa Fe Baldy, summer
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...
by Dawn Chandler | Aug 14, 2014 | en plein air, landscape painting, new mexico landscapes, oil painting, santa fe ashbaugh park, travel, water-soluble oil paints
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...
by Dawn Chandler | Jun 2, 2014 | Cimarron, clouds, colfax county, new mexico landscapes, oil painting, Philmont, rain
and the air smelled like rain ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 12″ x 24″ ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014A couple of weeks ago I’d ordered six 48″ x 60″ panels — HUGE canvases! — for some new mixed-media paintings I’m planning....
by Dawn Chandler | Oct 2, 2013 | hiking, mixed media landscape, new mexico landscapes, oil painting, Taos, taos ski valley, wheeler peak
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...
