Winter in Taos and Santa Fe ....2015.

"Santa Fe winter snow"  12x16 plein air pastel.

At the end of January I took  a wonderful trip to Taos, NM with my good friend Nita Harper.  We were hosted by our friend and artists Peggy Immel and her husband who live in Taos.  We were so luckie to get there the day before a snowstorm.  So the next day while it was still snowing, we were able to paint from Peggy's garage, then from the front porch of one of her neighbors.  It was a very cold day for us who live in the land of sunshine, but it was a great opportunity to paint in the snow, even though it was about 15 degrees.  Such a fun time, thank you Peggy!!

"Morning snowfall"  11x14 plein air pastel

"Taos Winter View"  12x16 plein air pastel

                                                                   

"Winter Shadows along the Rio Grand"  12x16 plein air pastel.

"Along the Rio Grand"  8x15 plein air pastel.

"Late snow shadows"  6x8 plein air pastel.

Well, winter is over in Southern California, as it was in the 90's today, but painting snow was a great exercise with other colors and different scenes.  Until next time.