The creative community of Playa sits at the base of Winter Ridge and the edge of Summer Lake in Lake County, Oregon.Where I was headed was Playa, a residency program for creative individuals.And what is a residency program?A residency program is the priceless gift of...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
Dawn Chandler
12.16.2013 ~ the journey, ii: of high deserts and alkali lakes
Walking the dry, alkali mudflats of Summer Lake in Lake County, OregonPassing through eastern Utah.I cut the same path across the Rand McNally Atlas that My Man and I had done in June when we road-tripped to the Pacific Northwest: Route 160 skirting southwest...
12.11.13 ~ the journey, i: copping out. …..or not.
To think I almost didn't do it.Almost copped out from even trying.But the logistics of it all made my head hurt.To do it would mean so much planning, so much strategy... • I was going to California the weekend before to attend a...
10.02.13 ~ listen to the silence ~ wheeler peak, taos, new mexico
listen to the silence ~ wheeler peak trail, taos, new mexico ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed medi on panel (diptych) ~ 24"x36" copyright dawn chandler 2013Looking forward to tomorrow and being at this very spot....and listening to the silence. With the aspens...
9.26.2013 ~ painting autumn in frisco, colorado
9.24.13 ~ that old september feeling: recalling autumn, on the edge of baldy
9.17.13 ~ what i really need right now….
what i really need right now.... ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media on panel (diptych) ~ 12" x 36" x 1.5" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013It's the clouds, maybe more than anything else, that defines New Mexico for me. The sweep of grasslands and mesas between Springer and...
9.11.13 ~ new england comes to new mexico
remembering the storm ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil & mixed media on panel ~ 6" x 6" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013After a week in New England, I'm returning home to Santa Fe today — a home soggy with late-season record-breaking monsoonal rains. I'm thrilled to wake up...
8.30.13 ~ reading the letter & finding me: alabama meets new mexico
Sometimes you meet someone and they electrify your soul. That's what happened last evening when I had two Alabama lawyers over for a studio visit and dinner. Within minutes I started to wonder if maybe we all hadn't been separated at birth at some point. Their passion...
8.23.13 ~ escaping to the aspens
I have to get out. Out from enclosure; out from a roof and four walls.I've spent all my summer under a roof and already there's the whisper of autumn in the air.I need coolness. And damp. A cool damp place where parched dust doesn't blow and the grass isn't...