Maynard Dixon Phase

I never really found the barren Nevada landscape truly inspiring until I got to look through a book of Maynard Dixon paintings recently, thanks to Jean LeGassick. On the way home from Jean's workshop we were on the highway from Fallon Nevada north to the interstate and I could see Maynard Dixon paintings everywhere. If we had not been in a hurry to get home after 5 days away, I could have stopped and painted at least 3 paintings.

Don't get me wrong, I am not comparing my paintings to Maynard's but I see a beauty that I had refused to open myself to before. I was born and raised in Colorado and lived most of my adult life in the Moab Utah area. Scenery abounds everywhere. I resented being stuck in Nevada. I am now embracing the subtly hued grays and am excited to see what I can accomplish in my paintings.

At present I am in Arizona for the winter....also desert but more richly colored with a lot more diverse array of textures. The following painting is from my year in the Sahuarita Arizona area, a beautiful place I may add. This painting however reminds me of much of the Nevada landscape where I live most of the year.

 

Road To Somewhere

9x12 oil

 

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Starting Over

Life gets complicated sometimes. It seems it is too complicated most of the time. I am trying to change that by simplifying as much as possible.

This will be where my new paintings show up. Occasionally I will show the step by step process of my work. Eventually I want to put some video posts in.

Since I am starting fresh, let me know if there is anything in particular you would like to see here on this blog.

This painting made the FAV 15% list in the October FASO BoldBrush Painting Competition.

 

LEFTOVERS

10 x 10 oil