The Journey Into Art

For those of you who missed the opening for the Spring Show, here is your virtual experience.

There is nothing like seeing art in person, but this is probably second best.

Click on the icon in the upper right and then click Enter fullscreen for a more immersive experience...

Abiquiu skies 2

Abiquiu is in the expansive swath of northern New Mexico from the Santa Fe-Taos area all the way west to Farmington. It is an area of great openness, quiet, and solitude.

If it weren't for Georgia O'Keeffe, Abiquiu would be known only as a name with more vowels than consonants...

“If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” - Edward Hopper Desert Cliffs 3

Sometimes I wander into a place and find something completely unexpected and breath-taking...

While wandering the seemingly endless juniper forests of east-central Arizona, I was captivated by the infinite variety of lines on the trunks of these trees. Their uniqueness was often hidden beneath the covering of branches and leaves...

I recently showed my work to a renowned artist. I asked, "Was this good art?"

The work in question had both curved and straight lines.

He then recounted previous conversations with artists...

The Clouds series

I was captivated by the clouds in northern New Mexico when I spent some time in Abiquiu. I always liked clouds and had wanted to do a series on them. However the more I gazed, the more I felt it was time to make that project a reality...

This post shows the evolution of original images into the final print. Three images were combined and worked on in various ways to achieve the final result. This took many hours of experimentation...