"Journey to New Mexico"

"Journey to New Mexico", 24 x 48 x 1.5" Gallery Wrapped Canvas, Oil

Part of the excitement of driving West to New Mexico was seeing new terrain.  Even in Oklahoma I find the shallow, rolling plains quite striking.  Here, the contrast between the intense, big clear blue skies and the dry, vast land dotted with scrub and distant trees was quite lovely.

My attempt was to focus on that amazing big blue sky.  That called for a big canvas I felt, dominated by the sky.  I chose a 24" x 48" x 1.5" thick gallery wrapped canvas for this purpose.

I suppose you have to see it in person to really experience the sense of cleanness of the air that allows such vivid colors.  That blue sky really dominates on a cold, clear winter day out West.