Turbulent Lands 2024 NM Masterworks Award NFS
- Title
- Turbulent Lands 2024 NM Masterworks Award NFS
- Size
- 15x25
- Material
- Oil
- Price
- Not for Sale
Thrilled to hear that my entry into the prestigious annual 2024 Masterworks Show in New Mexico won Third Place in Oil/Acrylics. This is part of a new series of paintings in the Abstract Landscape category. I am trying to capture the feel of the texture of the land and the form of the cliffs all around us in New Mexico. Aspect Ratio: 1.67. Near Golden Mean (1.62). Capturing the shapes of the hills leading up to Los Alamos and the texture and the aged feeling of these ancient hills. These were visible to the World War II scientists on their way up to the Labs to work in secrecy to win the war and as Oppenheimer said, to stop future wars forever.
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Painted in the studio, based on several plein air works in the past couple of years. You can read a detailed account of the development of this painting on the Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints' blog at:
Anatomy of a Painting - Turbulent Lands .
Turbulent Lands 2024 NM Masterworks Award NFS 15x25
Aspen Fusion (gift)
- Title
- Aspen Fusion (gift)
- Size
- 9x12
- Material
- Oil
- Price
- gift
From my imagination but only after studying my Aspens and the aspens up at the Santa Fe Ski Slope. See Aspen paintings - studio and plein air. Palette Knife only. The painting seems to illustrate a type of fusion of the sun with the aspens.
Aspen Fusion (gift) 9x12
Chromatic Lands I (sold 2026)
- Title
- Chromatic Lands I (sold 2026)
- Size
- 8x10
- Material
- Oil
- Price
- $450
Sold at the Karen Wray Gallery - (505) 660-6382 : www.karenwrayfineart.com. (Thank you, Karen)
In this painting, the darker ‘path’ is an s-shape leading to the cliff in the distance. This is a well- known device to lead the viewer’s eye to a focal point. Chromatic Lands I is a favorite painting due to its range of colors and its textures.
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Link to Painting wirh Combined PHI Armatures =>
Chromatic Lands I (sold 2026) 8x10
Ghost Ranch Cabin PAPNM 2024 Award, NFS
- Title
- Ghost Ranch Cabin PAPNM 2024 Award, NFS
- Size
- 9x12
- Material
- Oil
- Price
- NFS
Special Judge's Recognition Award.at the Paint New Mexico! Paint Out by Judge, Paul Murray. He commented on the design!! Look carefully; you can see some dynamic symmetry armature pencil lines!
En plein air. Painted during the Paint New Mexico! Paint Out. Not for sale.
Ghost Ranch Cabin PAPNM 2024 Award, NFS 9x12
Land Abstraction II sold 2023
- Title
- Land Abstraction II sold 2023
- Size
- 8x16
- Material
- Oil
- Price
- $550
Sold at the Fuller Lodge Art Gallery. Abstracting the landscape of New Mexico.
Dynamic Symmetry Armature with (dotted) rabatment lines, that in the case of a 2:1 (Root 4:1) aspect ratio do cut the painting in half. We like the way the main diagonal from the upper left touches the top of the cliff. The middle cliff accidentally lies at the center line; this might make the painting too centered. But we liked the painting as is and didn’t want to make any changes. It does seem as if there are two focal point: the two cliffs just above and to the left of the center of the painting. Directional lines lead the viewer around the painting up and down the hills and cliffs. We think that the viewer can find a place to rest in the skies.
Link to the Painting with Armature.
Land Abstraction II sold 2023 8x16
Land Abstraction I , NFS
- Title
- Land Abstraction I , NFS
- Size
- 8x13
- Material
- Oil
- Price
- $1200
BREAK-THROUGH new painting. Juried into the 2024 New Mexico Masterworks Exhibit: Mar 22-Apr 14. Abstracting the land in New Mexico:
Land Abstraction I had its origin in another painting; I wasn’t happy with it so I used a squeegee to restate straight edges, applying dappled color while doing so. I liked the result and retitled the painting to incorporate “abstract”. Visit my blog post on the development details of this painting: Anatomy of Land Abstraction I .
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Land Abstraction I , NFS 8x13
Luminous Lands IV Sold 2024
- Title
- Luminous Lands IV Sold 2024
- Size
- 8x16
- Material
- Oil
- Price
Light illuminates the lands of New Mexico..The original title of this painting was "On Golden Path" to emphasize how the golden path leads the eye around the painting. The trees were made intentionally dark to put the mountains into the distance, illustrating the effect of atmospheric perspective.
Sold Dec 1, 2024.
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Luminous Lands IV Sold 2024 8x16
Sun Infused Santa Ritas after the Storm
- Title
- Sun Infused Santa Ritas after the Storm
- Size
- 9x12
- Material
- Oil
- Price
- gift
A dramatic scene after a late winter snow storm. Gift to my niece.
