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 | Sep 17, 2013 | clouds, mixed media landscape, new mexico landscapes, Philmont, rain, storm, summer
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...
by Dawn Chandler | Sep 11, 2013 | mixed media landscape, New England, New Mexico, oil painting, rain, storm
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....
by Dawn Chandler | Jul 20, 2013 | morning, new mexico landscapes, oil painting, Philmont, rain, Trail Peak
morning light ~ trail peak ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel (en plein air) ~ 8 x 10 inches ~ copyright dawn chandlerOne good thing about rainy weather out here, is that sometimes the clouds break. When that happens in the early morning, you can get some lovely rosy...
by Dawn Chandler | Jul 17, 2013 | en plein air, New Mexico, oil painting, Philmont, rain, Urraca Mesa, Villa Philmonte
On Monday morning the Ranch awoke to rain. When was the last time that happened? No one could remember. The color of the day was grey, but few of us “old timers” were complaining; after five months of record drought, it was the most gorgeous, wet, shade of...
by Dawn Chandler | Apr 24, 2013 | Baldy Mountain, new mexico landscapes, oil painting, Philmont, rain, summer, Wilson Mesa
baldy from wilson mesa – monsoon season ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 12″ x 24″ ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013For a few brief moments this afternoon, Santa Fe almost looked like this. We so need so many more of this deep-purple grey to the...