Storm on the Canyon

I painted this from a small thumbnail sketch in one of the sketchbooks I have hanging around.  I believe it is Frijoles Canyon near Bandolier in New Mexico.  

Rain Moving into the Canyon
24 x 20 Oil on Canvas Panel 

Summer Storms are Here

 We are deep into the every afternoon storm portion of the summer here. 

Summer Afternoons at the Beach
24 x 19 Oil on canvas panel 

Rio Grande Gorge Bridge

 

The Gorge Bridge
40 x 60 Oil on Canvas 

Evolving Imagery

Below is an example of how some images evolve in different media over a period of time.  I found a photo of cottonwoods on the Rio Grande in my pictures from past trips and initially produced the watercolor sketch.  After a while I used the sketch as the basis for the oil painting, then did a quick pastel sketch as a preliminary for a print.  The print is actually backward of the original image which I did on purpose to see how it would look in that direction and the colors are significantly altered from the prior images.  As I can no longer find the original photo image this is probably it for this iteration.

Watercolor sketch 8 x 11

Cottonwoods on the Rio Grande
12 x 16  on panel

Pastel sketch 7 x 9

Cottonwoods on the Rio Grande
7 x 9 reduction linocut print 18 color