WIP Summer Moonrise, Chama River Oil on Linen 11” x 14”

Another little step forward on this one.

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WIP Summer Moonrise, Chama River Oil on Linen 11” x 14”

I am kind of working a little on each of these paintings in progress at a time. Here's a little step forward on this one.

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WIP Summer Moonrise, Chama River Oil on Linen 11” x 14”

Just started this one and it's still pretty wet. I don't love working this small, and it's painful for me to post paintings that are this rough! We'll see how it hopefully improves as I work on it...

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TBT Dawn, Chama River 24" x 36"
This is an oil painting from an early morning spent wandering along the Chama River just before sunrise ten years ago.

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TBT This is just before dawn, nine years ago at the Chama River Canyon Wilderness in New Mexico.

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TBT After the aspens go off earlier in October, the cottonwoods follow later on. This is 8 years ago, overlooking the Chama River from the famous painter's overlook.

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TBT 9 years ago at the end of the day at the Chama River Canyon Wilderness

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Monastery of Christ in the Desert welcomes guests for day visits or self-directed personal retreats.

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TBT This is one of my favorite photographs; I made a 3' x 3' painting of it. I was driving around in the middle of the night, on my way to take photographs elsewhere when I pulled off the road to look at this scene.

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TBT About two miles past Ghost Ranch in New Mexico is a dirt road that winds eventually down to the Chama River Canyon Wild & Scenic Area. Once I discovered it, I went there often. I spent the night there 8 years ago and was rewarded with this image of the sun about to rise over the river.

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