Tuesday 11th March 2008

I met up with a bunch of artists to paint this view of Taos Mountain from just north of Town, behind the Pueblo Cafe. This photograph of me painting was taken by my friend and fellow artist, Michelle Chrisman.

Taos Mountain - 9 x 12" - oil on canvas - $395

Saturday 8th March 2008 - Alexandra

This was my third time painting Alexandra and she is always a pleasure to paint. She has a real gentle sweetness about her. Not everyone is a pleasure to look at so intently for 3 hours!

I was very pleased at how this portrait came out.

Alexandra - 16 x 12" - oil on canvas - $575

Wednesday 5th March 2008

Pensive - 16 x 12" - oil on canvas - $575

Saturday 1st March 2008

Tiffany lives in the Taos Pueblo and is wearing traditional Tiwa attire. I painted her in the Millicent Rogers' Museum.

Tiffany - 14 x 11" - oil on canvas - $475









Wednesday 27th February 2008


This nude of the lovely Christina was painted over 2 Wednesday sessions with Melissa and the sculptors. I particularly enjoyed all the colours in the skin of her shoulders and back, the warm and the cool tones.

Nude - 20 x 16" - oil on canvas - $975

Thursday 7th February 2008 - transition

Dear blog readers,

Lots of change going on for me at the moment. I've been having lots of ideas about a new direction for my art and trying out some new things which I am not ready to share just yet. Watch this space...

Also, both the galleries that have been carrying my work are to close. I have been talking to a new galley which i think will be a better fit for me, especially if this new direction of my painting is successful.
Wish me luck!

Elizabeth

Saturday 2nd February 2008 - Santiago's Gallery

After painting Martha Reed, I went over to Santiago's Gallery where Sandy had been arranging a display of my work, so here i am, still in my painting clothes.

Saturday 2nd February 2008 - Martha Reed

TSOPA Portrait group TSOPA Portrait group and friends will be meeting at the Living Center. The model with week is Martha Reed. Her store is gone, but "Martha of Taos," purveyor of broomstick skirts for half a century, continues as Martha Reed. She is also the daughter of artist Doel Reed and has been a resident of Taos for 53 Years.


I don't think I've painted anyone quite this elderly before. She was quite the challenge as she kept dropping off to sleep and her care worker would wake her up and try to keep her engaged in conversation - the difficulty being that she is very deaf. Her care worker took her outside for some fresh air and over half an hour later we were wondering if they were going to come back at all. She did return and had taken the opportunity to put on more make up and earrings too.