I can't resist. I've got to be up there among them. To lose myself among the gold coins of leaves — a world's ransom of gold leaf.My new home in town gives me a fine vantage point from which to observe the mountains and their mood. And so it was one day early last...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
aspens
9.26.2013 ~ painting autumn in frisco, colorado
9.24.13 ~ that old september feeling: recalling autumn, on the edge of baldy
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...
7.27.13 ~ morning painting at miranda
miranda morning ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel (en plein air) ~ 6 x 12 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013"Do you want to go paint in the backcountry?" Philmont's Museum Director asked me the first day of my art residency."Are you kidding me? YES!""Where do you...
06.06.2012 ~ autumn on the edge of baldy
autumn on the edge of baldy ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil and mixed media on panel ~ 12 x 24 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2012Autumn on the edge..... Okay, so in early June perhaps no one is thinking of Autumn. But when I came across a photo of the Sangre de Cristos...