We watched the dance performance in the Plaza of Santa Fe, NM, on Oct 10, 2009 after finishing our lunch in a nice restaurant. Their beautiful dresses and cute dance moves caught my eyes. Here they are - dancing on the stage with the backdrop of autumn colors. I hope you feel the dance moves from these little cuties. This painting is in exhibition in the "Art for the Holidays" show in New Braunfels Art Gallery - Nov 18, 2009 ~ Jan 2, 2010.
I started a tradition last year - I would paint a holiday painting each year and give it away to a dear friend or a family member. Last year I painted 2 cute kittens sitting in 2 red buckets (see this one in my blog posted in Jan 2009). I then sent the painting image along with my greeting messages to my friends to wish them a happy holiday season. I've received many complements last year. My dear friend Joe replied: "A great painting, but do a dog next year!" Well Joe, the dog is here now to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a fabulous New Year! A lucky someone will receive this painting as a Christmas present from me this year.
We drove to Taos Ski Valley hoping to catch some fall colors as our painting materials. We saw this cute house sitting in the forest by a creek. What a lovely place to enjoy life!. This painting is in exhibition in the "Art for the Holidays (Small Works)" show in New Braunfels Art Gallery - Nov 18, 2009 ~ Jan 2, 2010.
Autumn is my favor season. It reminds me that the end of the year is approaching and the holiday season is around the corner. I love to paint aspens in their autumn colors. It has the most beautiful color values. I painted this one using a photo I took at Jerry Peter's Museum in Senta Fe, NM. I like the warm and cool colors plus the turquoise sky pricking through the aspens.
It was after the rain one morning when we were in Taos, so I decided to paint the big sky of clouds. I painted it by setting up my easel in the garage of the adobe home where we stayed in Arroyo Seco for 6 days. The house, named "Casa Coyote", has 3 bedrooms, one large living room, one big kitchen, and one dinning room, plus big windows that presents us the splendid view of Taos Mountain. It was a lovely place to stay. We had wonderful time in this house and painting trip.
Four of us artists took a painting trip to Taos, New Mexico in mid October, 2009. We painted in the Cous Museum one morning with Ron Rencher, a famous artist. This painting is a side view of the front entrance of the museum. E.J Cous settled in Taos in 1920's moved from New Year. He was one of the "Taos 7" artists in his time. Burney, the husband of Cous's granddaughter gave us a tour of the museum. We got to visit all the rooms including Cous' studio, workshop, etc. It was amazing to see the original studio setup of an old master. Yeap, he did have a big northern window with lots of lights in his studio.
