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...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
Philmont
7.14.14 ~ silver on the sage…
This past weekend I had the honor — and I mean honor — of being awarded the Philmont Staff Association's Silver Sage Award. First awarded in 2005, the Silver Sage Award is presented annually by the Philmont Staff Association in recognition of distinguished and...
6.2.14 ~ and the air smelled like rain
and the air smelled like rain ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 12" x 24" ~ copyright dawn chandler 2014A couple of weeks ago I'd ordered six 48" x 60" panels — HUGE canvases! — for some new mixed-media paintings I'm planning. They'd be shipped via special carrier,...
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...
8.21.13 ~ have you camped? have you galloped? have you roamed?
have you.... ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media and rust on panel ~ 12 x 24 x 2 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013Have you...Have you gazed?Have you camped?Have you galloped?Have you roamed?...Have you...?Am thrilled to have this painting take up half a page (!) of...
7.31.13 ~ painting to the tune of blackpowder
morning, looking down miranda meadow ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil and mixed media on panel (en plein air) 6" x 12" ~ copyright dawn chandlerMy second painting that glorious morning at Miranda. The vantage here is half way or so down the meadow. I'm on the north side, in...
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...
7.22.13 ~ late morning, urraca mesa
late morning ` urraca mesa ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil and mixed media on panel (en plein air) ~ 6 x 12 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013I was so pumped from my early morning painting excursion trying to capture the Tooth and Trail Peak, that when I got back into...
7.21.13 ~ sunrise lights the tooth of time (philmont)
sunrise lights the tooth of time (philmont) ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel (en plein air) ~ 6 x 12 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013I admit: It was pretty glorious to be standing before the the Tooth in the first light of morning, breathing in the sparkling...