Finishing Paintings Welcoming Spring Update

Since my last update I finished my original oil painting "Rio Arriba" I began painting in February. I enjoyed taking my time with this painting and love the area it encapsulates near Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch where Georgia O'Keeffe lived and painted extensively in her later years. The pristine nature and beauty of that area always captivates me and each time we have visited I have to be prompted to leave as I can honestly just sit for hours mesmerized. Available directly from the artist contact through email at joanne@neelygomez.com if interested.

Next I finished my Challenge 6 painting for "Let's Paint New Mexico". It is "Heavenly Hollyhock"
an oil painting on 8"x10" canvas panel also available for purchase. I really enjoyed painting the shadows, light and details. I have hollyhocks growing in my own backyard although love the contrast of colors with the bright turquoise and beautiful adobe walls of the building in this painting. What a joy to paint and finishing it up came the beginning of spring and warmer weather with my own flowers and greenery budding all around me.

Enjoying the beauty of spring here in New Mexico also brings with it the anticipation and excitement of the coming months and time spent on walks in the bosque, concerts and cultural events, plein air painting, traveling and the uniqueness that is New Mexico. This year we have had very little rain and so I am hopeful and looking forward to a return of our monsoon rains here usually in the summer.

Here is a picture of my orchid in bloom I took just over this past weekend and of my husband and I at a dear friend's home Easter Sunday celebrating with their family in Corrales.