Capitan Morning View

The Capitan Mountains in New Mexico are beautiful in morning light.  During the monsoon season the light has a warm glow where the sun coming up catches the wispy clouds.  By afternoon the clouds are huge thunderheads.

Clouds Building Up

In honor of Cloud Appreciation Day I decided to paint the clouds over the Sacramento Mountains in New Mexico.  We are in the midst of monsoon season and the clouds build up every day to real thunder heads.  The burn scars from last years fire are very visible against the green from all the rain.

Late Evening Over the Sacramento Mountains

After doing my first Nocturne, I've been wanting to try it again. So went out last night to paint the super moon.  I wasn't sure we would even see the moon because of the clouds, but it did appear.  I've posted both paintings so you can see how much cloud cover there was.  (Note - I discovered that the lights used for the photos were too yellow, so I've replaced these photos with natural light.)

Apple Tree was painted on location in Ruidoso, NM.  Early spring is a lovely time to catch the flowering trees in bloom.

Abandoned was painted on location in Hondo, NM.  There are so many scenes like this one in Lincoln County.  The winter browns are being replaced by the spring greens.  It was such a beautiful crisp day and no wind.

Old Barns and Truck was painted on location at Comfort Falls Ranch.  It was good to be able to paint landscape again now that the tree pollens have subsided.

I will be traveling for a few days so if you have bid on a painting, I will be able to ship next Wed, the 17th.