FIRST LIGHT – 48″x60″ Oil Painting (Work in Progress)

21 September 2009, Taos, N.M. — “PENTIMENTI is an alteration in a painting….that the artist has changed his mind as to the composition during the process of painting – the word derives from the Italian pentirsi, meaning to repent”. First of all I changed the name from “Donde Nace la Vida” to “FIRST LIGHT” – […]

DONDE NACE LA VIDA – 48″x60″ UNDERPAINTING

(PLEASE CHECK OCTOBER 13, 2009 POST  TO VIEW COMPLETED CANVAS NOW TITLED “FIRST LIGHT” –“DONDE NACE LA VIDA” (UNDERPAINTING) — NEW 48″X60″ Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen — Started the drawing for this canvas in late May. Tomorrow I will post the photo of this underpainting with the first layer of glazes. Have passed […]

ARROYO SECO AFTERNOON – Click here for the HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE

“ARROYO SECO AFTERNOON” – Now available as an archival giclee print from THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE. (BUY TWO, GET ONE FREE). 9/9/09 — Have had good intentions all week, but unable to get into the studio. Making green chile chicken soup for daughter Mary and her husband’s visit tomorrow. On Friday a visit from […]

Birthday Roses in the Morning Sun

5 September 2009 — Another year! Friend John sent these roses from LA — they are brightening my kitchen bookcase this morning — making me smile. This was one of those BIG birthdays that brought up a lot of strange feelings of getting older — one remedy for that is for me to get back […]

#15 – HIGH ROAD AFTERNOON – SOLD

“HIGH ROAD AFTERNOON” SOLDNEW! 6″x8″ Orig. Oil unframed on Italian Gessoed PanelThis painting was sold within an hour of studio newsletter – in it’s placesee “Vecinos de Truchas” below)

ADOBE WALLS – NEW WORK IN PROGRESS

8/10/09 – Here are the glazes on a new canvas “ADOBE WALLS” – 24″x30″ Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen. I posted the underpainting June lst — you can scroll down to see the color combinations. Will let this dry for several days before working into it again. Am all set to begin new work […]