In March 2008 I made the suprising discovery that I had a little artistic talent which had been lying dormant all my life. I started with simple still life subjects but as time went on I progressed to more complex subjects. The only medium I paint in is pastels which I love. They do tend to be messy but I love the immediacy of the work, involving no mixing with turps or water, just pure pigment directly applied and mixed right there on the paper. Carol Conrad
Sunday, July 19, 2009
This is from a photo I took of a typical doorway in New Mexico. It looks out onto the "most photographed church in the State". It is typical of the look of the entrances to houses in New Mexico - adobe walls and colorful doors. When I took the photo there was a man there with a far more sophisticated camera taking pictures from all angles - including laying on the ground. In fact, his foot was actually in the bottom right of my photo and I had to edit it out when I was painting. I think this is actually a door into a small addition, or maybe a courtyard, as it was attached to a larger building on the left.
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