Chasing the Desert Sky

       

Randall Davey house in Summer I thought I'd post a few more pics of the intriguing Randall Davey house where my sister was marr...

  Photo of Randall Davey by Laura Gilpin It was a wintry day for an April wedding, there were clouds, blustery winds and even snow. ...

One hobby of mine when I can't be creative in the studio is to get creative in the kitchen.  I love to cook, I even wanted to be...

9"x12" oil/linen panel Here is a little plein air oil sketch done in the Albuquerque bosque.  The Rio Grande river runs...

Quiet Splendor (New Mexico Sky)  12"x12" oil/board As a native New Mexican, I find as I get older I have a deeper and d...

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...