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The Husband’s quest for the west continues with a week-long trip to New Mexico. Land of Enchantment. At least that’s what their license plates say. Now why would he want to take me away from this?
Street scene, Bushwick, Brooklyn – watercolor on 140# Arches coldpress
To this?
Yes, I’ll admit, we had a great time and while we were there all the cottonwood trees had turned a gorgeous bright yellow. We had perfect weather except for the trip to Santa Fe and Taos. Luckily the weather didn’t get bad in either city until the afternoon so we did get to see some sights. The Santa Fe Museum of Art had an interesting collection including some works from famed collectors Herb & Dorothy Vogel.
We took a hot air balloon ride, which came complete with a crash landing. We rode horses down to the Rio Grande. And when I say “rode” I mean we slowly walked with a guide except for once in a while when my horse decided to trot because he thought we were going too slowly all the while I was shaking and looking for rattlesnakes. Yeehaw! My horse was “Chief” and The Husband’s horse was a GIGANTIC Belgian staff horse named Bob. Bob was the size of a 50’s Cadillac!
Before the trip to New Mexico I was lucky to take a workshop with Jean Haines. I took the workshop because I wanted to paint more loosely. Of course I hadn’t read any of Jean’s books and only saw a few pictures of her work so I was totally unprepared. Luckily Jean is a wonderfully warm teacher with a great sense of humor although she did look at every photo reference I brought and hated all of them. She does not draw at all except with her water and paint and really discouraged everyone in the workshop NOT to draw before painting. Here are a two things I painted. Flowers and half a dog. 
Carol King: drawing, painting, complaining 