Canyon Colores
The canyons of Ghost Ranch and Chama River are an hour’s drive from my Santa Fe home and I try to go there to paint as often as possible. This was the home of Georgia O’Keeffe. Sometimes I try to channel her style but more often I tend to want to use more color and also to use a Palette Knife (or knives). I like the feel of working with a knife and you can judge for yourself but the results are often better for me. So, I have done a series of canyon color paintings recently primarily using palette knife. This is of the first large ones (18x24). I actually took some liberty with a nearby ‘canyon’, Diablo Canyon, just up the road from me. Its rock formation consists of tones of grey rather than the colors of the Ghost Ranch area. But I enhanced the color to reflect the early light of dawn to arrive at this: Diablo Canyon, Morning Glow, 18x24, oil. This sold at the Marigold Arts Gallery in Santa Fe. I then continued with he theme, but this time in my chosen venue of Chama Ri