I entitled this "Two old Friends". It reminded me of Mary Lou and I as we have grown old together... It also represents an intense need to begin painting this trip out to TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO!
Late afternoon shadows out in the desert near San Angelo, TX
First visual that sez to me "The Davis Mountains are just around the corner!"
Morning!
The impact of the sun on what we see! THIS is why I love impressionism and pleinaire painting!!!
Afternoon!
Preliminary sketch to remind me how the sun is interacting with the surface of the
mountain... This is Bee Mountain, Terlingua, TX
Here is the finished painting... again, I was racing the clock to get the painting completed
within the 45 minutes or so that I had to work the painting...
Here is another sketch to painting experience...
This is the side of a canyon "bowl" that has an elevation change of approximately 2000 ft. from bottom to top... Here is the finished painting:
