ou tend ce chemin (where does that road lead?) ~ by dawn chandler ~ 16" x 8" ~ mixed media ~ copyright dawn chandler 2013Snow. Been hoping for more of it. Maybe posting this painting will tease some out of the sky. This is my winter card painting for 2012/13. Each...
musings from the studio and beyond ~
dawn chandler’s reflections on art and life. . . .
winter
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...
01.22.2013 ~ snow on the santa fe rail trail
snow light on the santa fe railtrail ~ by dawn chandler ~ oil on panel ~ 6 x 6 inches ~ copyright dawn chandlerTwo years.That's how long I'd lived here in Santa Fe before stepping foot onto the Rail Trail.Chalk it up to ignorance. Though I drove passed the paved...
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...
12.24.2012 ~ tree of gratitude, tree of grace
This is my Christmas tree: an ancient, deceased cholla cactus (sans needles) that's been brought back to life in the spirit of Charlie Brown. A Christmas Cholla. But more than that, it's a Gratitude Tree. For each day these past few weeks, I've adorned its knotty...
12.15.2012 ~ the morning after
what do you dothe morning after when you feel so utterlyangry and helplessto helpwhat do you dobut go to the edgeof the forestfall to the earthflail your cold tattered wingsand give riseto 27 snow angels~ dawn chandler 12.15.12
04.24.2012 ~ stowe, vermont 02
~ stowe, vermont, ii ~ oil and mixed media on panel ~ 12 x 24 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2012 ~The second of my new landscape series (Phase One) and another snowy Vermont scene. This painting reveals the underscribing mentioned in my previous post. The scribing...
04.17.2012 ~ new painting series kick off: stowe, vermont, i
~ stowe, vermont, i ~ oil and mixed media on panel ~ 12 x 24 inches ~ copyright dawn chandler 2012 ~Starting this week I'll be posting the beginnings of a new paintings series. The ultimate goal of this project is to unite my two painting passions: landscape with...
03.12.2012 ~ vermont before and after
I have a collection of disappointing paintings. These are paintings that I've created and which, for various reasons, didn't work out to my satisfaction. So they're in a stack on the floor of my studio, leaning against the wall, awaiting a new life.Last week I was...