AGUA FRIA – WORK IN PROGRESS – THE GLAZES

“AGUA FRIA” – WORK IN PROGRESS30″x24 Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen 7/5/08 – Another painting with a lot of free form — that’s why I love to paint water. Autumn, early evening colors — will work on the glazes more tomorrow. DC

“MOONDREAMS” – More Glazes

“MOONDREAMS” – Work in Progress24″x30″ Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen 6/30/08 — More Glazes! This layer of paint will add a deep richness to the final application of opaque paint. Dark Greens – Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna. Toned Greens: Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Cadmium Red. Foreground Darks: Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and […]

“MOONDREAMS” – WORK IN PROGRESS

“MOONDREAMS” – GLAZES24″x30″ Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen 6/27/08 — AH! THE GLAZES! — Yes, I have painted this little church before, but never quite in this way. As of yesterday, I have almost completed the sky — and then the foreground was completely “washed” in Cadmium Red thinned down with painting medium. Opaque […]

“MOONDREAMS” – WORK IN PROGRESS

‘MOONDREAMS” – WORK IN PROGRESS24″x30″ Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen 6/26/08 – Blocked in four new paintings this week — I work on portions of one while the others are drying in between underpaintings and glazes. My goal for this piece is to have the autumn moon rising while the sun in setting through […]

LLANO DREAMING – WORK IN PROGRESS

“LLANO DREAMING” – WORK IN PROGRESS30″x40″ Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen(Underpainting) 6/24/08 — When doing underpaintings — work fast. Mix the colors with turpentine and either Foundation White or MG White — fast drying. This canvas is another perspective of Llano San Juan – one of my favorite places. Trees at the top are […]

AGUA FRIA – WORK IN PROGRESS

“AGUA FRIA” — WORK IN PROGRESS30″x24″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen(Underpainting) 6/24/08 — HERE WE GO AGAIN! Beginning some new work today — my house smells like turpentine — even my three-legged cat, Rosie, is hiding under the covers! This is a “rito” near my home here in Taos. I love to paint water and […]

AUTUMN DREAMING – NEW COMPLETED OIL

“AUTUMN DREAMING”(Completed 6/21/08) 22″x28″New Original Oil Painting on Fine Belgian LinenFramed in Gold with Linen LinerFor price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at(575)758-7454

AUTUMN DREAMING – WORK IN PROGRESS

AUTUMN DREAMING – WORK IN PROGRESS22″x28″ Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen Monday, 6/16/08 — Working this painting a little differently than many of the others. Rather than just putting in pure glazes, I am mixing a lot of opaque paints with the darker colors. The sky is completed — Thalo Blue, Thalo Green, Permalba […]

TEMPLO SION – Studio Edition Archival Giclee

“TEMPLO SION” – New Studio Edition Print 6/14/08 – This morning I was able to photograph this original painting (only three oils left of my personal “Truchas collection”). For a while I lived next door to this little Assembly of God church on the main road in Truchas — and this is the way it […]