Chasing the Desert Sky

This weekend the family took a wonderful trip to the Sandia Mountains.  Our older son was taking part in a repelling/climbing ...

12"x12", studio painting, layered oils I painted this from several photos I took of a road trip along the Turquoise Trail...

plein air 8"x10" I painted this on a day when the weather was perfect, my painting gear made it up the hill in one piece ...

plein air 8"x10" Last evening I did this plein air study and my aim was to practice using grays to create realistic color i...

studio piece glazed/layered oils on canvas "This must be the place" 16"x16" This past week something rather out...

alla prima plum on linen 6"x6" When working in layers, as in the indirect method of painting, you really can take your time...

A glazed painting on Linen.  8"x10"

I'm beginning to experiment with painting alla prima, which is when paint is mixed directly from the tube and a painting is comp...

Welcome!  I am an oil painter residing in New Mexico.  I use an indirect style of painting based on Flemish and Venetian methods; I paint i...