by Dawn Chandler | Aug 27, 2014 | backpacking, hiking, landscape painting, New Hampshire, New Mexico, oil painting, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Baldy
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...
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 | Apr 6, 2014 | en plein air, oil painting, santa fe ashbaugh park, spring, trees
first plein air painting of the year with my totally cool new guerrilla pocket box paint kit. A day of firsts!My first plein air painting of the year AND my first oil painting of the year AND my first use of my sweet, sweet little Geurrilla Painter “Pocket...
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...