traditional landscape paintings by dawn chandler
the new mexico paintings
“I have seen so much light, so much violent color, so many fires, that my mind is exhausted with the recording of it. I am touched with ocher, rose, shimmering gold; with silver of the moon, the flanks of stone mountains washed with a shade of apricot so unreal no painter would dare attempt reproduction.”
— Jane Candia Coleman, Shadows in My Hands: A Southwestern Odyssey
Click each image below to see the full painting.
taos calling me home
oil/canvas – 24″ x 36″ – private collection
waldo canyon autumn cottonwood
oil/panel – plein air – 5″ x 7″ – private collection
autumn color on the rio chama, i
oil/panel – plein air – 5″ x 7″ – private collection
rio grande afternoon
oil/panel – plein air – 5″ x 7″ – private collection
august aspens – santa fe national forest
oil/panel – plein air – 9″ x 12″ – private collection
return to the aspen grove
oil/panel – plein air – 8” x 10” – private collection
I go to the aspens for peace
oil/panel ~ plein air ~ 12″ x 9″ – private collection
the aspen pillars of my cathedral
oil/panel – plein air – 5″ x 7″ – private collection
new mexico high summer
oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – private collection
abiquiu afternoon anticipation
oil/canvas – 24″ x 36″ – private collection
laura’s new mexico
oil/panel – 24″ x 36″ – private collection
my birthday afternoon
oil/panel – plein air – 5” x 7” – private collection
almost spring again
oil/panel – 12″ x 16″ – private collection
a rolling spring rain taunts pedernal
oil/panel – 18″ x 24″– private collection
taos awaits
oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – private collection
o’keeffe country dreaming
oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – private collection
easing into evening – philmont
oil/panel – 18″ x 24″ – private collection
taos summer evening magic, i
oil/canvas – 9” x 12” – private collection
taos summer evening magic, iii
oil/canvas – 9″ x 12 ” – private collection
that day when I couldn’t stop looking at the clouds
oil/canvas – 12″ x 9″ – private collection
can you just smell the rain
oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ – private collection
eric & katie’s view
oil/panel – 12″ x 24″ – private collection
morning meadow, morning walk
oil/panel – 9″ x 12″- private collection
morning light, morning shadows
oil/panel – plein air – 9” x 12” – private collection
springtime evening – taos new mexico
oil/panel – 8″ x 10″ – private collection
high above williams lake
oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ – private collection
santa fe september
oil/canvas – 36″ x 24″ – private collection
a deep breath of new mexico sky
oil/panel – 5″ x 7″ – private collection
urraca july 9th – early morning
oil/panel – plein air – 9″ x 12″ – private collection
late afternoon at miya’s pottery shed
oil/panel – plein air – 9″ x 12″ – private collection
taos rain
oil/canvas – 8″ x 10″ – private collection
the view: taos’ rio grande gorge
oil/panel – plein air – 8″ x 10″ – private collection
afternoon shadows curve across the galisteo hills
oil/panel – 9″ x 12″ – private collection
baldy mountain dreaming
oil/panel – 5″ x 7″ – private collection
