Heading East

Ganado

Oil on canvas, 12x48

The van right now is full of big, wet paintings, and while my hanging system is working well, it isn't really set up to handle big stuff - and I have some. 

And I have to make some tracks towards home; I am hanging a show in Groton, CT, April 5 - and have to get to Wachapreague first! 

So I wasn't planning on stopping. I wasn't planning on painting. And I really wasn't planning on painting a big piece. 

But I came around a curve in the road, and saw this rock formation spread out in front of me, and realized I was in Ganado, where I was born, and that was enough for me. 

I pulled off the highway, found an easy spot where I could set up, and I painted away. 

I love this piece. I love the mass of the rocks, its easy swell and curve, and the tiny house in the right foreground. And I like the sky pretty well, too. So it was a good stop! 

Here's my painting in the landscape. Because of the glare from the setting sun, it's a little hard to see this long painting AND the long landscape, but it's there if you work it. And just in case, there's the landscape minus the painting, too. 

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I spent some time today thinking about all of you and how the painting distribution can work. 

I have made more 10x10 paintings than I've posted. And when I get home, I will still be painting them; there have been days when I could stop to take a photo, but just couldn't stop to paint. 

When they are all finished, I'm going to post them on my website, then contact each of you in order to find out which you want. 

You will have the option of choosing as many paintings as you are due, or taking that amount of $$ off a larger painting. If neither small nor large paintings pleases you (say it ain't so!), you are free to choose another 10x10 painting or paintings - or, again, amounts off a larger painting. 

If someone has already chosen a painting that you really really really want, I'll paint it again for you, as long as everyone agrees. 

And if you would like a painting from a particular photo I've posted, let me know, and I will make that happen. 

Sound good? 

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Scenes from the day

 Here is some of the scenery along Interstate 40, heading toward Albuquerque

 A flower I saw while I was painting 

I looked for elk, but didn't see any! 

 More scenery! 

 Leaving Flagstaff, I got off in Meteor Crater, AZ, where there was a fine view of this snow-capped mountain.

This barn was in the high country past Flagstaff. I was up about 7,000 feet. 

A sign near Meteor Crater, AZ

Had to stop at the Trading Post, of course. 

Dog of the Day!