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. . . .
Santa Fe
meeting oneself above timberline
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...
01.29.2013 ~ snow falling on cedar… and scrub oak
snow falling on cedar... and scrub oak ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel en plein air ~ 6 x 6 inches ~ copyright dawn chandlerI know all of Santa Fe (and perhaps all of Northern New Mexico?) is joining me in a sigh of relief today as we watch the snow come down —...
01.27.2013 ~ of winter light and lost souls
wiinter sunset light across the stowe mountains and treetops ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 6 x 6 inches ~ copyright 2013 dawn chandlerMemories of lost loved ones seem to resound most strongly at the end of a winter's day. I don't know why that is. But this...
1.11.13 ~ losing oneself in light and snow
winter sun across the afternoon ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 6 x 6 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013Happy New Year, Friends!Just over a week in to this new year and I am feeling positively radiant with creativity and plans and goals and gratitude.The new...
09.30.2012 ~ sunset light on glorietta mesa (x2)
sunset light over glorietta mesa, i ~ oil on panel ~ 8 x 10 inches ~ by dawn chandler ~ copyright dawn chandler 2012Last evening's view from my balcony, looking east toward Glorietta Mesa.* It's funny: I painted the first one as quickly as I could what with the...
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,...
04.07.2012 ~ one more
~ one more ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media on panel ~ 8 x 8 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2012 ~I don't know who that woman is. People give me things from time to time, and one day a neighbor gave me a box of photographs. Among the staid portraits of stern...
04.04.2012 ~ in dream
~ in dream ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media on panel ~ 2012 ~ copyright dawn chandler 2012 ~The third of my smaller works for Odes & Offerings. Here the image of my mother — young, newly wed, in a pensive moment in the Cloisters — captured by my father's camera....
04.03.2012 ~ at the improbable
~ at the improbable ~ by dawn chandler ~ mixed media on panel ~ 8 x 8 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2012 ~The second of my smaller works to come out of the Odes & Offerings project. Here I've incorporated a photo of a favorite sculpture I took in Italy last...