traditional landscape paintings by dawn chandler

the new mexico paintings

 

“I have seen so much light, so much violent color, so many fires, that my mind is exhausted with the recording of it. I am touched with ocher, rose, shimmering gold; with silver of the moon, the flanks of stone mountains washed with a shade of apricot so unreal no painter would dare attempt reproduction.”

          — Jane Candia Coleman, Shadows in My Hands: A Southwestern Odyssey

 

Click each image below to enlarge the full painting. Click “available” to be taken to the painting’s listing on Dawn’s Etsy shop, where you can also see in situ images of each painting in a room setting.

New Mexico landscape painting in oil by Dawn Chandler—showing dramatic summer clouds towering over green fields, wildflowers, and distant Sangre de Cristo mountains looking north toward Philmont Scout Ranch from near Miami Lake in Colfax County. This vibrant view captures the openness and atmospheric beauty of the region, reflecting Chandler’s experience as both a Santa Fe artist and Philmont staff alum.

colfax county vista

oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ available

New Mexico landscape painting in oil by Dawn Chandler—showcasing wide golden plains and sweeping dramatic clouds near Socorro and the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. The expansive sky with layered cumulus formations contrasts with subtle earth tones, evoking the atmospheric richness and open space of Socorro County’s southern terrain.

socorro county clouds

oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ available

New Mexico landscape painting in oil by Dawn Chandler—featuring a sweeping view near Carson, New Mexico, between Taos and Ojo Caliente. Expressive brushwork captures dramatic clouds in vivid blue sky over high desert grasses, sagebrush, and distant mesas, evoking the spacious skies and unique color palette of Northern New Mexico

out over carson way

oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ – private collection

New Mexico landscape painting in oil by Dawn Chandler—portraying a summer vista in the Galisteo Hills, south of Santa Fe. The scene highlights sunlit ochre hills, scattered green juniper and piñon, and a bright sky filled with sweeping clouds, reflecting the distinctive colors, light, and openness of the Galisteo Basin region.

summer vista in the galisteo hills

oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ available

New Mexico landscape painting in oil by Dawn Chandler—depicting the dramatic mesa of Pedernal viewed from Ghost Ranch in the heart of O’Keeffe Country. The scene features expansive blue skies, sunlit desert grasses, juniper trees, and the iconic red cliffs, evoking the serene atmosphere and natural beauty of Northern New Mexico treasured by Georgia O’Keeffe and generations of artists.

gazing out to pedernal

oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ – private collection

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled Remembering the Santa Fe Evening Sky, portraying a sweeping New Mexico sunset with luminous golden and pastel orange light illuminating distant mountains. Broad, expressive brushstrokes depict dramatic blue and violet clouds against the evening sky, while the foreground features rolling green hills and trees, evoking a sense of peace and remembrance.

remembering the santa fe evening sky

oil/panel – 8″ x 16″ – available

Original contemporary New Mexico sunrise landscape painting titled ‘Sangre de Cristo Sunrise’ by Dawn Chandler. This panoramic oil artwork showcases radiant morning clouds and golden light above the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Santa Fe, as seen from Las Campañas. The expressive brushwork and luminous color capture the beauty of a summer morning in the Southwest, looking east.

sangre de cristo summer morning

oil/panel – 11″ x 40″ – private collection

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘Peaceful Easy Feeling - New Mexico Sunset’ by Dawn Chandler, featuring a serene sunset sky over the Jemez Mountains. Painted in oil, this panoramic artwork showcases vibrant blues, purples, and golden light, capturing the tranquil beauty and atmospheric southwest scenery as viewed from Las Campañas, Santa Fe.

peaceful easy feeling – new mexico sunset

oil/panel – 11″ x 40″ – available

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘New Mexico Evening Storm Glow’ by Dawn Chandler. This panoramic oil artwork depicts a dramatic sky lit by the glow of an evening storm above the Jemez Mountains, as seen from Las Campañas, Santa Fe. The painting features rich cloud textures, vibrant sunset colors, and expressive brushwork evoking the Southwestern landscape’s serene and powerful atmosphere

new mexico evening storm glow

oil/panel – 11″ x 40″ – available

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘Glorious New Mexico Sunset’ by Dawn Chandler. This panoramic oil painting depicts a dramatic sunset over the Jemez Mountains as seen from Las Campañas, Santa Fe, with brilliant golden and orange clouds contrasting vivid blue sky. Expressive brushwork and Southwestern color radiate warmth and natural beauty.

glorious new mexico sunset

oil/panel – 11″ x 40″ – private collection

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘New Mexico Sky Radiance’ by Dawn Chandler. This panoramic oil work captures a luminous southwestern sky at sunset above the Jemez Mountains, with expressive clouds and radiant color blending. Inspired by the view from Las Campañas, Santa Fe, the artwork showcases serene beauty and atmospheric depth of New Mexico.

new mexico sky radiance

oil/panel – 11″ x 40″ – available

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting by Dawn Chandler, capturing a bright late morning sky over the Jemez Mountains as seen from Las Campañas, Santa Fe. This panoramic artwork highlights dramatic clouds, blue sky, and sunlit mesas, celebrating the vibrant energy and clarity of a Southwestern morning.

beautiful santa fe morning

oil/panel – 11″ x 40″ – private collection

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘Distant Rainstorm Moving Across the Mesas’ by Dawn Chandler. This panoramic oil artwork captures the dramatic beauty of a rainstorm sweeping over the Jemez Mountains and mesas, as seen from Las Campañas, Santa Fe. Bold brushwork and vibrant hues evoke the energy and tranquility of the Southwestern landscape at sunset.

distant rainstorm moving across the mesas

oil/panel – 11″ x 40″ – available

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘Santa Fe Sky Dance, IV’ by Dawn Chandler. This acrylic painting features a vivid, expressive interpretation of sunset colors and dramatic clouds over the Jemez Mountains as seen from Las Campañas near Santa Fe. The modern, loose brushwork and bold palette evoke the luminous beauty of the Southwestern sky.

santa fe sky dance, iv

acrylic/panel – 5″ x 20″ – available

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘Santa Fe Sky Dance, II’ by Dawn Chandler. This acrylic artwork features a boldly expressive, loose depiction of sunset clouds and atmospheric color over the Jemez Mountains, viewed from Las Campañas near Santa Fe. The painting’s modern style and energetic brushwork evoke the spirit of the Southwestern sky.

santa fe sky dance, ii

acrylic/panel – 5″ x 20″ – available

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘Santa Fe Sky Dance, III’ by Dawn Chandler. This acrylic artwork interprets the Jemez Mountains and a vibrant southwestern sky as seen from Las Campañas, Santa Fe, with luminous color, expressive brushwork, and a loose, modern aesthetic that brings energy to the sunset landscape.

santa fe sky dance, iii

acrylic/panel – 5″ x 20″ – available

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘Santa Fe Sky Dance, I’ by Dawn Chandler. This panoramic acrylic artwork features an expressive, loose interpretation of dramatic sunset clouds and light over the Jemez Mountains, as seen from Las Campañas near Santa Fe. The bold painterly style and vibrant colors evoke a modern Southwestern landscape.

santa fe sky dance, i

acrylic/panel – 5″ x 20″ – available

Original contemporary New Mexico landscape painting titled ‘Santa Fe Sky Dance, V’ by Dawn Chandler. This acrylic artwork features a dramatic, expressive portrayal of a summer storm cloud over the mesas as seen from Las Campañas near Santa Fe. The piece showcases bold modern brushwork, luminous colors, and a sweeping Southwestern sky.

santa fe sky dance, v

acrylic/panel – 5″ x 20″ – available

Oil painting by artist Dawn Chandler titled Old Friend – Tooth of Time, depicting a majestic view of the Tooth of Time rock formation at Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico. Warm light bathes the rugged mountain and surrounding landscape, capturing the spirit of friendship, memory, and wilderness in the high desert.

old friend – tooth of time

oil/canvas – 24″ x 48″ – available

Oil painting titled ‘Eagle Nest Gold’ by Dawn Chandler, depicting a vibrant New Mexico landscape in Colfax County. The scene features Eagle Nest Lake shimmering beneath dynamic cloud-filled skies, with lush bands of yellow wildflowers in the foreground. In the distance rise Touch-Me-Not Peak and Baldy Mountain of Philmont Scout Ranch, framed by green foothills and dramatic mountain slopes.

eagle nest gold new mexico landscape painting with baldy and touch me not

oil/panel – 24″ x 36″ – available

Oil painting on canvas by Dawn Chandler titled ‘Valle Caldera Summer Vista,’ depicting an expansive New Mexico landscape with bright blue sky, billowing clouds, green meadows, and distant hills in a vibrant, expressive style.

valle caldera summer vista oil painting

oil/canvas – 24″ x 36″ – available

Oil painting titled ‘Wanting to Be Up There’ by Dawn Chandler, capturing the sweeping back side of Baldy Mountain on Philmont Scout Ranch. The mountain rises impressively from the lush greenery of Moreno Valley under dramatic, cloud-filled New Mexico skies, conveying a sense of longing for high places and expansive vistas.

wanting to be up there – baldy mountain oil painting

oil/canvas – 24″ x 36″ – available

Oil painting titled ‘Taos Mountain Presence’ by Dawn Chandler, featuring the iconic Taos Mountain rising beneath a bright, expansive sky. The composition highlights sweeping green meadows and clusters of trees in the foreground, with the dramatic mountain range providing a strong and peaceful backdrop in the northern New Mexico landscape.

taos mountain presence oil painting

oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – available

Oil painting titled ‘Taos Calling Me Home’ by Dawn Chandler, showing a sweeping view from above the Rio Grande Gorge. The scene features sagebrush and open land in the foreground, with a winding road leading out toward distant blue mountains beneath a vast sky filled with dramatic, sunlit clouds.

taos calling me home oil painting

oil/canvas – 24″ x 36″ – private collection

Plein air oil painting titled ‘Waldo Canyon Autumn Cottonwood’ by Dawn Chandler, showing a golden cottonwood tree in vibrant fall color. The tree stands against a backdrop of soft, rocky canyon slopes dotted with green shrubs under a pale, overcast sky, capturing the essence of autumn in the canyon landscape.

waldo canyon autumn cottonwood plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 5″ x 7″ – private collection

Plein air oil painting titled ‘Autumn Color on the Rio Chama, I’ by Dawn Chandler, depicting golden autumn grasses and trees along the banks of the Rio Chama. The scene features mesas and rugged canyon walls rising in the background, their surfaces patterned with green vegetation and warm earth tones—no sky is shown, as the distant mesas frame the river’s autumn landscape.

autumn color on the rio chama, i plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 5″ x 7″ – private collection

Plein air oil painting titled ‘Autumn Color on the Rio Chama, II’ by Dawn Chandler, capturing the Rio Chama with water reflecting hints of sky and canyon walls. The composition shows bands of autumn grasses, green shrubs, and a small patch of golden foliage backed by the distinctive rose-hued mesas of the Rio Chama landscape under a clear sky.

autumn color on the rio chama, ii plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 5″ x 7″ – private collection

Plein air oil painting titled ‘Rio Grande Afternoon’ by Dawn Chandler, capturing the Rio Grande winding through a canyon on a sunny afternoon. The river reflects the colors of the sky and surrounding cliffs, with slopes covered in sunlit autumn foliage, green shrubs, and rugged rocks beneath expressive clouds and blue sky

rio grande afternoon plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 5″ x 7″ – private collection

Plein air oil painting titled ‘August Aspens – Santa Fe National Forest’ by Dawn Chandler, capturing a lively grove of white-barked aspens in late summer. Sunlight filters through the slender trees, illuminating bright green forest grasses and casting gentle shadows amid the peaceful woodland scene.

august aspens – santa fe national forest plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 9″ x 12″ – private collection

Plein air oil painting titled ‘Return to the Aspen Grove’ by Dawn Chandler, showing sun-dappled aspens with white trunks rising from a forest floor of green grass and shadows. The light filters through leaves, creating a peaceful, moody woodland ambiance that invites quiet reflection among the trees.

return to the aspen grove plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 8” x 10” – private collection

Painting of a tranquil New Mexico aspen forest above Santa Fe, rendered in soft plein air brushstrokes. Sunlight filters through tall, slender aspen trunks with dappled bark, casting gentle light onto a lush green and yellow forest floor. The scene evokes quiet serenity and a profound sense of peace. Artwork by Dawn Chandler.

I go to the aspens for peace – plein air oil painting of secret forest

oil/panel – 12″ x 9″ – available

Expansive New Mexico landscape painting by Dawn Chandler, depicting high summer. Billowy clouds drift across a vibrant blue sky above rolling, sunlit grasslands in varying shades of green and gold. The view evokes the vast openness and bright, airy feeling of midsummer in the Southwest.

new mexico high summer – oil painting

oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – private collection

Landscape painting of the New Mexico high desert by Dawn Chandler. Broad, sunlit plains stretch toward distant blue-green mesas under an expansive sky filled with sweeping, dramatic cumulus clouds. The scene captures the sense of freedom and vast open space characteristic of New Mexico’s landscape.

new mexico take me away – oil painting

oil/canvas – 24″ x 36″ – available

Landscape painting of Abiquiu country in northern New Mexico by Dawn Chandler, inspired by the region known as O’Keeffe Country near Ghost Ranch. The scene features a sunlit desert foreground with scrub and wild grasses, set against distant mesas and rolling hills. Towering afternoon clouds drift across a vividly blue sky, capturing the sense of anticipation and dramatic atmosphere unique to this iconic Southwest landscape.

abiquiu afternoon anticipation – oil painting

oil/canvas – 24″ x 36″ – private collection

Plein air landscape painting by Dawn Chandler, capturing the Albuquerque foothills of New Mexico on a late December afternoon. Sun-drenched grasses in golden and lavender hues stretch across the foreground, while a rocky hill casts purple shadows under a bright winter sky. The scene conveys the gentle light and quiet beauty of winter in the Southwest high desert.

my birthday afternoon – plein air oil painting of albuquerque foothills

oil/panel – plein air – 5” x 7” – private collection

Plein air oil painting of the Galisteo Basin south of Santa Fe, New Mexico by Dawn Chandler. The artwork captures a tranquil arroyo landscape, featuring soft pastel earth tones, scattered desert vegetation, and patches of juniper and sagebrush beneath a gentle blue sky with distant mountains. The scene evokes the peaceful solitude and natural beauty of the Northern New Mexico high desert.

finding peace away in the arroyo – plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – available

Plein air oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “Returning to the Arroyo to Find Peace,” depicting a tranquil arroyo landscape in the Galisteo Basin south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The artwork features tall aspens and evergreens casting gentle shadows across a sunlit, grassy forest floor, framed by muted colors and distant hills. The scene evokes a sense of peace and renewal found in the quiet beauty of the high desert terrain of the Galisteo Basin.

returning to the arroyo to find peace again – plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 9″ x 12″ – available

Plein air oil painting by Dawn Chandler capturing early spring along the River Trail in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the foreground, fresh sagebrush and newly budding plants are painted with lively strokes, while juniper trees border the scene. Beyond, the foothills transition from warm earth tones to snow-touched purple mountains under a soft, pastel sky, evoking the season’s anticipation and renewal.

almost spring again – plein air oil painting along the river trail in santa fe

oil/panel – 12″ x 16″ – private collection

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “A Rolling Spring Rain Taunts Pedernal,” capturing the sweeping drama of O’Keeffe Country and Ghost Ranch in Northern New Mexico. In the foreground, soft green and ochre desert vegetation stretches toward the horizon, where the iconic flat-topped Pedernal mountain rises beneath turbulent spring clouds. Bands of rain sweep across distant hills, set against a moody sky of shifting grays and blues, reflecting the changing light and wild weather of the New Mexico landscape.

a rolling spring rain taunts pedernal – oil painting at ghost ranch

oil/panel – 18″ x 24″– private collection

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “Taos Awaits,” depicting a luminous New Mexico sky filled with billowing clouds above a sprawling green mesa landscape. The view looks west across the Rio Grande Gorge toward the distant mountains and rolling hills near Taos. Fresh, vivid brushstrokes evoke the expansive beauty and anticipation of travel in the northern New Mexico high desert.

taos awaits – oil painting looking out across rio grande gorge

oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – private collection

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “O’Keeffe Country Dreaming,” depicting the sunlit high desert landscape near Ghost Ranch in O’Keeffe Country, New Mexico. Expansive golden-green meadows dotted with sagebrush stretch toward low mesas in the distance, under a wide sky filled with pale billowy clouds and soft blue tones. The painting captures the serene, dreamlike beauty and wide-open atmosphere of the landscape that inspired Georgia O’Keeffe.

o’keeffe country dreaming – oil painting

oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – private collection

New Mexico landscape oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “Easing Into Evening,” portraying the sweeping grasslands and distant mountain ranges of Philmont Scout Ranch in Colfax County. Evening light casts soft shadows over the open meadow, while layers of blue and purple mountains rise against a dramatic sky filled with swirling evening clouds. The artwork captures the tranquil beauty and sense of quiet anticipation at dusk in northern New Mexico.

easing into evening – philmont – oil painting

oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – private collection

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “Taos Summer Evening Magic,” capturing a dramatic summer sunset near Taos, New Mexico. Golden fields are illuminated by the last rays of sunlight, contrasting against distant green hills and a sky filled with swirling, colorful evening clouds in shades of blue, violet, and amber. The painting evokes the enchanting atmosphere and luminous light of a summer night settling over the northern New Mexico landscape.

taos summer evening magic, i – oil painting

oil/canvas – 9” x 12” – private collection

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “Taos Summer Evening Magic, III,” capturing a moody Taos evening in northern New Mexico. Blue-gray mountains stretch across the horizon below a vast summer sky, layered with dramatic, swirling clouds in shades of gray, cobalt, and warm peach. The last light of day touches the landscape with gentle illumination, evoking the magical and contemplative atmosphere of a Taos summer sunset.

taos summer evening magic, iii – oil painting

oil/canvas – 9″ x 12 ” – private collection

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “That Day I Couldn’t Stop Looking at the Clouds,” inspired by a winter afternoon drive along NM Highway 550 into Albuquerque, New Mexico. The artwork features an expansive sky filled with dramatic, swirling winter clouds in shades of blue, gray, and white, casting moving shadows over the distant landscape of fields and foothills. The composition captures the sense of awe and ever-changing beauty in New Mexico’s wide-open skies.

that day when I couldn’t stop looking at the clouds – oil painting

oil/canvas – 12″ x 9″ – private collection

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler, a former Philmont staff member, titled “Almost Home (the Road to Philmont).” The artwork features the iconic view along the highway leading to Philmont Scout Ranch in Colfax County, New Mexico. A straight, blacktop road stretches into the distance, flanked by sunlit grasslands and set against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the horizon beneath towering summer clouds. Prints of this painting are available on Dawn Chandler’s Etsy shop.

almost home – the road to philmont – oil painting

oil/canvas – 24″ x 36″ – prints available

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “That New Mexico Evening Storm Aura,” depicting a dramatic vista of the Philmont mountains in northern New Mexico. The Tooth of Time, a distinctive granite monolith, is prominently silhouetted against a moody evening sky. Layers of storm clouds, illuminated by the soft glow of fading sunlight, stretch across the horizon above green meadows and distant blue ridges, capturing the powerful atmosphere of a New Mexico evening.

that new mexico evening storm aura – philmont – oil painting

oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – prints available

Oil painting by Dawn Chandler titled “Taos Gorge Clouds,” depicting the dramatic skies and expansive sagebrush landscape near the Rio Grande Gorge just south of Taos, New Mexico. Billowing white clouds float across a vibrant blue sky above a sunlit high desert, with distant mountains on the horizon. Prints of this landscape painting are available through Dawn Chandler’s Etsy shop.

taos gorge clouds – oil painting

oil/canvas – 24″ x 36″ – prints available

Eric and Katie’s View, New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler capturing the sweeping panorama across the Moreno Valley with dramatic clouds, sunlit fields, bold pine trees, distant Eagle Nest Lake, and the recognizable silhouettes of Philmont’s Baldy Mountain and Touch Me Not Peak.

eric & katie’s view – oil painting across the moreno valley to eagle nest lake, baldy and touch-me-not.

oil/panel – 12″ x 24″ – private collection

Morning Meadow, Morning Walk, New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler portraying a tranquil meadow in early sunlight at Apache Springs camp, Philmont Scout Ranch, with a solitary figure walking along a grassy path bordered by lush green trees.

morning meadow, morning walk – oil painting of apache springs at philmont

oil/panel – 9″ x 12″- private collection

Springtime Evening – Taos, New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler featuring the warm glow of early evening on Taos Mountain, with dramatic shadows and green foliage in the foreground beneath a vibrant, cloud-streaked sky looking north.

springtime evening – taos new mexico – oil painting

oil/panel – 8″ x 10″ – private collection

High Above Williams Lake, New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler depicting the winding trail to Wheeler Peak, with lush alpine meadows and dramatic mountain slopes beneath a bright sky above Williams Lake.

high above williams lake – oil painting

oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ – private collection

Santa Fe September, New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler capturing the drama of an autumn evening sky filled with billowing clouds glowing orange and blue above rooftops and golden cottonwood trees, with deepening shadows across foreground grasses in a quiet neighborhood on the outskirts of Santa Fe.

santa fe september – large oil painting

oil/canvas – 36″ x 24″ – private collection

A Deep Breath of New Mexico Sky, plein air New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler showing the Rail Trail under vast, swirling blue and indigo clouds with sunlight breaking onto wild grasses and scrub, capturing the open air and serene spaciousness of an autumn day in Santa Fe.

a deep breath of new mexico sky – plein air oil painting

oil/panel – 5″ x 7″ – private collection

Urraca July 9 – Early Morning," plein air New Mexico landscape painting by New Mexico artist Dawn Chandler capturing dawn’s gentle light on the grasslands and tree-lined base of Urraca Mesa at Philmont Scout Ranch, with soft pastel colors illuminating the wide open sky and the peaceful hush of a high plains summer morning

urraca july 9th – early morning – plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 9″ x 12″ – private collection

Plein air oil painting by New Mexico artist Dawn Chandler of clay artist Miya Endo’s rustic old adobe pottery shed in Dixon, New Mexico, bathed in late afternoon sunlight with soft shadows, weathered wood, leafy green plants, and tree branches framing the scene against distant hills in the Rio Embudo valley.

late afternoon at miya’s pottery shed – plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 9″ x 12″ – private collection

Taos Rain, New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler depicting a summer storm sweeping across Taos Mountain, with heavy clouds casting dramatic shadows and sheets of rainfall over green foothills and sagebrush under a soft pastel sky.

taos rain – oil painting

oil/canvas – 8″ x 10″ – private collection

The View: Taos’ Rio Grande Gorge, plein air New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler featuring the dramatic chasm of the Rio Grande Gorge cutting through sunlit green sagebrush flats, with distant mountains and a wide, luminous blue sky on a clear northern New Mexico day.

the view: taos’ rio grande gorge – plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 8″ x 10″ – private collection

Afternoon Shadows Curve Across the Galisteo Hills, New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler capturing golden sunlight and deep purple shadows sweeping over rolling, juniper-dotted hills near Galisteo, with distant blue mountains and a clear sky illuminating the high desert scenery.

afternoon shadows curve across the galisteo hills – oil painting

oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ – private collection

Morning in the Cerrillos Hills, plein air New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist Dawn Chandler depicting the softly lit, pastel-toned hills and rugged terrain of the Cerrillos outside Santa Fe, with lavender shadows and muted green shrubbery bathed in gentle morning sunlight beneath a pale blue sky.

morning in the cerrillos hills – plein air oil painting

oil/panel – plein air – 5″ x 7″ – private collection

Baldy Mountain Dreaming, New Mexico landscape painting by Santa Fe artist and former Philmont staff member, Dawn Chandler depicting the iconic summit of Baldy Mountain as seen from Wilson Mesa on Philmont Scout Ranch, with sunlit slopes, shadowy ridges, a band of green trees, and swirling clouds overhead in the northern New Mexico sky.

baldy mountain dreaming – oil painting

oil/panel – 5″ x 7″ – private collection

Plein air oil painting by New Mexico artist and former Philmont staff member Dawn Chandler of the iconic Tooth of Time rock formation at Philmont Scout Ranch, painted in support of Philmont’s fire mitigation program. The painting captures crisp morning sunlight illuminating the rugged summit, dramatic slopes, and yellow grasses of the valley under an expansive, vibrant New Mexico sky—expressing reverence for Philmont’s cherished landscape and the significance of wildfire stewardship.

a philmont morning is the best kind of morning – oil painting and print

oil/panel/plein air – 9″ x 12″ – prints available