and find what i need ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media ~ 10" x 20" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014The most recent paintings in The Outback Series are among my most favorite, for they were created in a perfect storm of intense, passionate and focused creativity. Over the...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
mixed media landscape
going BIG ~ large scale and intention with the outback series
i realize now the rewards ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media on canvas ~ 48" x 48" inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014 Without a doubt, the most exciting paintings for me to produce in this series are the large works — a diptych (two panels) measuring 48" x 48" and...
8.2.14 ~ from the outback series: expanding horizons
And now to go bigger.The horizontally configured rectangle was working for me. Despite some very abstract elements, the horizontal format helps to suggest landscape, if even only sub/consciously.I was digging these paintings, and was itching to go larger;...
8.1.14 ~ from the outback series: beyond the square
The square proved limiting. Compositionally the square is hard to work with. I knew that. Which is partly why I was thinking I'd work with it — I'm kind of drawn to those kinds of challenges. But the truth is — though I made some neat images — the square wasn't...
7.30.14 ~ from the outback series: interpretting my world in 64 square inches
outback meditationsPlaying. That's how this all began. First I painted the land literally. Every day. Each painting was a pair of two pieces of paper — a diptych — each measuring 4" x 8" and paired to make a 4" x 16" image. Why that size? Because that's all...
7.24.14 ~ the outback series: mixed media paintings inspired by the western landscape by dawn chandler ~ opening august 2, 2014
always be my home ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media ~ 24" x 48" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014The Outback Series: Mixed Media Paintings Inspired by the Western Landscape by Dawn ChandlerThese paintings are the direct result of my desire to merge my two distinct...
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...
9.17.13 ~ 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...