by Dawn Chandler | May 1, 2014 | Albuquerque, cottonwoods, en plein air, landscape painting, santa fe ashbaugh park, santa fe new mexico, spring, trees
coming into leaf ~ ashbaugh park, santa fe ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel (en plein air ~ 5″ x 7″ ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014Despite a hard frost last night and the night before, spring has arrived in New Mexico. I know for sure, because I’ve...
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 | Jun 26, 2012 | backpacking, canyons, cottonwoods, spring, Utah
opening up in slickhorn canyon, utah ~ oil and mixed media on panel ~ by dawn chandler ~ copyright 2012 dawn chandlerA favorite scene from my April Utah backpacking trip. You may recognize it — it’s an expanded version of the little study painting I did soon...
by Dawn Chandler | May 16, 2011 | Dixon, landscape painting, New Mexico, oil painting, spring
dixon spring, i— oil on panel — 6 x 6 inches — copyright dawn chandler 2011Up in Dixon for a spring afternoon. I love the undulating, flesh-toned hills in Dixon….[Note to Self: Need to spend more time up there…]Again, the sun hardly showed itself, so...
by Dawn Chandler | May 1, 2011 | oil painting, spring
Recently I received the loveliest gift: A condolence card from a dear artist friend. Though she didn’t know my father, she sent such nice thoughts. But along with the card was a tube of oil paint — “liquid sunshine,” as she calls it. Gamblin’s...
