walking to the clouds ~ santa fe baldy ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 12" x 24" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014 I love being above timberline. My first recollection of being above timberline must stretch back to my childhood, hiking those stunning mountains of...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
New Mexico
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...
7.16.13 ~ of glorious rain and paint
On Monday morning the Ranch awoke to rain. When was the last time that happened? No one could remember. The color of the day was grey, but few of us "old timers" were complaining; after five months of record drought, it was the most gorgeous, wet, shade of grey a...
04.09.2013 – a midday view of baldy
baldy mountain from wilson mesa - midday atop the mesa - by dawn chandler - oil on panel - 12"x24" - copyright dawn chandler 2013The fourth (so far) in my series of views of Baldy from Wilson Mesa. With its sun-bleached colors and lack of shadows, this one really...
04.04.2013 ~ moment of pause ~ the baldy mountain project
baldy from wilson mesa - moment of pause — by dawn chandler — oil on panel —12"x24" — copyright dawn chandler 2013The third painting in my "Baldy Mountain Project" and the third view of Baldy from Wilson Mesa — this time based on a photo by Wally Berg (Thanks,...
03.21.2013 ~ the baldy mountain project
baldy from wilson mesa ~ brilliant day (philmont) ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 12"x24" ~ copyright by dawn chandlerAt last!Spring is here and I am ready to bloom! I've been inactive with art updates these past couple months and I apologize for that. But if I...
08.16.2012 ~ summer comes to dixon, new mexico
the road to miya's ~ oil on panel ~ 12 x 24 inches ~ by dawn chandler ~ copyright dawn chandler 2012I'm a romantic at heart. And there's just something kind of romantic about an empty country lane or pathway... I'm always drawn in by them, wondering what lies around...
06.14.2012 ~ santa fe cicadas
The cicadas have come.They arrived a few weeks ago, burrowing out of their decade-long home in the earth so as to scale the nearest evergreen and glue themselves to the windy limbs. There, in sunlight and moonlight, they break free of their armor and emerge winged,...
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...