tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48446452908203471612024-02-07T05:24:24.563-08:00Tara Wheeler's Work in ProgressTara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-71420191706038354702008-09-25T19:53:00.000-07:002008-09-25T20:09:33.796-07:00Well, it's been quite a while since my last post.<br /><br />I'm in the process of re-organizing my creative process.<br /><br />Just at the moment, I'm working on my TARDIS prop and after hearing Adam Savage's amazing obsession with dodo birds and the Maltese Falcon, I'm starting my own Dingus.<br /><br />My TARDIS is remarkably close to being finished.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF-rCFabaArLZ4-cqO7ad0zQ9JAc9iIPkyhgEthLRoZJNPLH-PqvbdX-Db0QtHk1LVhdnTaOzl9nh7TOwXx5Cz3BnXBAiHfvHaX_VlmM3hbK_Fie3wDB41zLqsaD5fb4SRUNzzayw8AQ/s1600-h/TARDIS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF-rCFabaArLZ4-cqO7ad0zQ9JAc9iIPkyhgEthLRoZJNPLH-PqvbdX-Db0QtHk1LVhdnTaOzl9nh7TOwXx5Cz3BnXBAiHfvHaX_VlmM3hbK_Fie3wDB41zLqsaD5fb4SRUNzzayw8AQ/s320/TARDIS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250160030255601538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I'm still working on computerizing her lights and sound effects.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />While my Maltese Falcon is still pretty primative.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4hyjUdYKVznPQj5sJFzMq1bQIp2LJ4oalVCRy7LFjLSYBGgDOI5XM-AW5dbTg-wePpbEBNwst4qA525O79_I80pJJY3VYWd-4veHoDizfbiUygNfTSCxZuoWqY4JcqZ8iyeLMvxZL4Q/s1600-h/MF1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4hyjUdYKVznPQj5sJFzMq1bQIp2LJ4oalVCRy7LFjLSYBGgDOI5XM-AW5dbTg-wePpbEBNwst4qA525O79_I80pJJY3VYWd-4veHoDizfbiUygNfTSCxZuoWqY4JcqZ8iyeLMvxZL4Q/s320/MF1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250160031345863362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TM4v2XlmeXHjiDFq9ZTwsziK8SI7mXfT78-YkoF7WJCSCegymmscwEOMSaWs0ZySX3M66aa8UYsedBRiQluTJIx9iGjgWebTxouOPMu-iRW60ZWDwvKKcwZh7xbaspaJd_mCwNOPhzc/s1600-h/MF2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TM4v2XlmeXHjiDFq9ZTwsziK8SI7mXfT78-YkoF7WJCSCegymmscwEOMSaWs0ZySX3M66aa8UYsedBRiQluTJIx9iGjgWebTxouOPMu-iRW60ZWDwvKKcwZh7xbaspaJd_mCwNOPhzc/s320/MF2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250160637728038290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JShEzA6S7R2saBV_7qCfRTAo1wEGujrB_L4dBpX8yHspNkxGBMGohCQMdI-bRJ_IAFNOFRayYSMKogIl13tujaNEyHf0mMWoLCOQ6WhJLktwzH3jt4jh7NUrUkd8QSLyau0Ipje5dlI/s1600-h/MF3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JShEzA6S7R2saBV_7qCfRTAo1wEGujrB_L4dBpX8yHspNkxGBMGohCQMdI-bRJ_IAFNOFRayYSMKogIl13tujaNEyHf0mMWoLCOQ6WhJLktwzH3jt4jh7NUrUkd8QSLyau0Ipje5dlI/s320/MF3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250160636778822658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'll try to post more pictures as I go along.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-33969950782002935702008-06-11T23:35:00.000-07:002008-06-11T23:38:36.126-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj664edRbHXHaj8F7M6tp0bHB9tu_Ylv6x4iBX701fvrJNgwI5YafwZmX5XE3ywoaZ0zllJpIHcS-v8TTGhtkN95CTbDEDeYHKLZLDp_6-2mdGUgVv7IYo1C3A7Gr059Kf8QoxZpOOaYok/s1600-h/gene.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj664edRbHXHaj8F7M6tp0bHB9tu_Ylv6x4iBX701fvrJNgwI5YafwZmX5XE3ywoaZ0zllJpIHcS-v8TTGhtkN95CTbDEDeYHKLZLDp_6-2mdGUgVv7IYo1C3A7Gr059Kf8QoxZpOOaYok/s320/gene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210879997697917218" border="0" /></a><br />"Genevieve"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today's long pose was a bit of a surprise for me. I was told we had a male model and so far, all the models at the long pose have been nude.<br /><br />Well, Genevieve was neither, but she sure was interesting to paint.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-694345291529077852008-06-08T10:41:00.000-07:002008-06-08T10:58:41.141-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictSPYh5orWql_KWzuBhCkzOKJxS7IcNFj_ASKhcQ4Jvud_L2-iH1Mw0vFApab2RqA95xnjvHpj9fgdbXTIlftfhPxMTqCjz1tlzh2C4pHUVYTMTDXm0JitDa514nIC5XzeJUTrRTXX_I/s1600-h/red1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictSPYh5orWql_KWzuBhCkzOKJxS7IcNFj_ASKhcQ4Jvud_L2-iH1Mw0vFApab2RqA95xnjvHpj9fgdbXTIlftfhPxMTqCjz1tlzh2C4pHUVYTMTDXm0JitDa514nIC5XzeJUTrRTXX_I/s320/red1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209567557030415090" border="0" /></a><br />"Red Rocks at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Abiquiu</span>"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOd9JmD172b1NyzHdEfIrcRcd9wY2FhFVp1ye4KHk7LUAYmDGkWhI1kR_masGh0M3HHtHfNkiq1jHJ25v804twyMCU9yeiu133xe7jUJkLnkdBQsjv67eamBIvUtAAGyT1LRBRJd-NQG4/s1600-h/red2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOd9JmD172b1NyzHdEfIrcRcd9wY2FhFVp1ye4KHk7LUAYmDGkWhI1kR_masGh0M3HHtHfNkiq1jHJ25v804twyMCU9yeiu133xe7jUJkLnkdBQsjv67eamBIvUtAAGyT1LRBRJd-NQG4/s320/red2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209567557479015346" border="0" /></a><br />"Red Rocks at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Abiquiu</span> II"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzoniLPlmwnR_Pyf7Y_5W4BAFlKRwRsNqvPlBM0GO093w-Ja9vG8i-nIssvdPqx1ye9bNbnt8FXEyBVfMyJLkAQGy_dx8O0Y_pggS7kaVH1a9SZHmNOKMKkyyYxLTKXLhJdJAG04thf0/s1600-h/perdinal3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzoniLPlmwnR_Pyf7Y_5W4BAFlKRwRsNqvPlBM0GO093w-Ja9vG8i-nIssvdPqx1ye9bNbnt8FXEyBVfMyJLkAQGy_dx8O0Y_pggS7kaVH1a9SZHmNOKMKkyyYxLTKXLhJdJAG04thf0/s320/perdinal3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209567560432837058" border="0" /></a><br />"<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Perdinal</span> III"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Day two at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Abquiu</span>.<br /><br />If you come here, don't stay at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Abiquiu</span> Inn. Had a pretty wretched night for $80<br /><br />And the other annoying thing about here is the blank, blank, blank <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">noseeums</span>/gnats.<br /><br />I don't remember O'Keeffe ever bitching about the bugs, but boy howdy, they're out and armed for bear.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Deet</span> doesn't do anything but make them giggle.<br /><br />But dozens of them drowned my my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Gamsol</span>.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Bwhahahahaha</span>.<br /><br />The painting was pretty good out at what I'm calling 'The Red Place'.<br /><br />Saw 'The White Place' yesterday but didn't get a chance to paint out there. They've blocked off the road leading down to the wash so it would be a several hundred yard hike over rough terrain carrying my painting gear.<br /><br />Not this trip, thanks. <br /><br />Even though David offered to lug my gear. <br /><br />He's such a nice guy.<br /><br />David also offered to drive me out to 'The Black Place' but I declined and pointed out it was 180 miles due West of here.<br /><br />He agreed that would have to be another trip.<br /><br />Down to Santa Fe and then <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Albuquerque</span> to see David off to Austin again.<br /><br />Sigh.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-40479633295578385482008-06-07T18:24:00.001-07:002008-06-07T18:29:48.394-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraHWql_a8siNCndSBRVyrWgcrMtk_ji1bPAfoISueOiTJMdbBTtEIsDr4N4Hh41T1OgU3Tgr40dMtgXMiINf85nr03mhY_2uwgyh0NKpW9nI82n0Jd3k9p_kZApXTwVY0r2F0NSa8-zA/s1600-h/Box.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraHWql_a8siNCndSBRVyrWgcrMtk_ji1bPAfoISueOiTJMdbBTtEIsDr4N4Hh41T1OgU3Tgr40dMtgXMiINf85nr03mhY_2uwgyh0NKpW9nI82n0Jd3k9p_kZApXTwVY0r2F0NSa8-zA/s320/Box.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209315841079437234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Box Canyon at Ghost Ranch"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRoMv-oDXhZch7NTkyHHVnV23ej9gbAZ9WgCr6BkB7IBuqBORfw30JUguICRlgEbv2FJY63PHoWXG_XxBeiCbUdkTsvBbZxntVo5E7SNHZEafJNUYU_JsZp0M564KItnseuRxyP3Rnu8/s1600-h/perdinal1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRoMv-oDXhZch7NTkyHHVnV23ej9gbAZ9WgCr6BkB7IBuqBORfw30JUguICRlgEbv2FJY63PHoWXG_XxBeiCbUdkTsvBbZxntVo5E7SNHZEafJNUYU_JsZp0M564KItnseuRxyP3Rnu8/s320/perdinal1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209315854053117042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnpp3LOjiTV9BDwpGFoeceSX4jCBI8mJT3Jp2Uvk3beqKPqvRLXczb8Cuxz0xSOOxbX5FW4-ztYgiP3Aq83lCiW6cXTyu4lN4CFlNy-bYESUEOuvbIdpLi3gP4P-4HGpGQEIv7msdB8o/s1600-h/Perdinal2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnpp3LOjiTV9BDwpGFoeceSX4jCBI8mJT3Jp2Uvk3beqKPqvRLXczb8Cuxz0xSOOxbX5FW4-ztYgiP3Aq83lCiW6cXTyu4lN4CFlNy-bYESUEOuvbIdpLi3gP4P-4HGpGQEIv7msdB8o/s320/Perdinal2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209315857211941810" border="0" /></a><br />"<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Perdinal</span> I"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Perdinal</span> II"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sorry I've been gone so long. Long story.<br /><br />But right now I'm out at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Abiquiu</span> painting where Georgia O'Keefe painted.<br /><br />It's damn cool.<br /><br />These three are from Ghost Ranch. More to follow.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-14426418439051271222008-05-24T20:58:00.000-07:002008-05-24T21:01:26.648-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_vYNwPK-IgbhDpj7ZcJOb8grb7aoCBRUn_oYa4eQrHkyKfcevinc-NXS-Adwx4LCEJ3ifLgg2B_drkZfUR0ad3Y7JYW4i9KuIj0bdLzoAuHnJlo2szkGAsMwDrPpAKaHVdvqVd2omBo/s1600-h/Christie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_vYNwPK-IgbhDpj7ZcJOb8grb7aoCBRUn_oYa4eQrHkyKfcevinc-NXS-Adwx4LCEJ3ifLgg2B_drkZfUR0ad3Y7JYW4i9KuIj0bdLzoAuHnJlo2szkGAsMwDrPpAKaHVdvqVd2omBo/s320/Christie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204160000768279826" border="0" /></a><br />"Christie"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoCDhoN3eiTqzzlkElruC2Ba3X4XzAthsd8DrQjWYoMMJfeOjzFlLq22x3q7MvOBXVq4-EiWflxqQJyZq16KPfq2hjmhRZUMHg1oMjiv2c8PVuAzdIGvIeeAda7NhSPI6t3wnyic-V0Q/s1600-h/Christie2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoCDhoN3eiTqzzlkElruC2Ba3X4XzAthsd8DrQjWYoMMJfeOjzFlLq22x3q7MvOBXVq4-EiWflxqQJyZq16KPfq2hjmhRZUMHg1oMjiv2c8PVuAzdIGvIeeAda7NhSPI6t3wnyic-V0Q/s320/Christie2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204160005063247138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Christie II"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today for the Portrait group, we had Christie, a lovely dark haired, light eyed girl with an odd wistfulness about her.<br /><br />I enjoyed painting her and hope to paint her again.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-67585798603551724982008-05-21T20:52:00.000-07:002008-05-24T20:56:56.979-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25apX7diRp4B_TAGGYJLJaYdcXW2oQXws_EnprHKVIev0BbYpSh37ewdUy2-LafkXpM6rKw1ZdMS4up9jyrLTcng98Vy-sXYBBRNUQXUXeMFZkhU3rPo0_8px0UbJnbpt7FwUM8g0_mE/s1600-h/Dineah.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25apX7diRp4B_TAGGYJLJaYdcXW2oQXws_EnprHKVIev0BbYpSh37ewdUy2-LafkXpM6rKw1ZdMS4up9jyrLTcng98Vy-sXYBBRNUQXUXeMFZkhU3rPo0_8px0UbJnbpt7FwUM8g0_mE/s320/Dineah.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204158437400184066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Danea"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Masonite<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today in the long pose session we got to paint Danea, who, as you've probably guessed, is seven months pregnant.<br /><br />The sculpture group set her up on a improvised chaise lounge and we circled her and made art.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-25528822580603070222008-05-20T20:19:00.000-07:002008-05-24T20:51:08.503-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMTYzDVThfZMWBgtvMy8_1905n3IkDz3PI-6YQsTMT8G183aN3krEgf3doRxSdkBfH6Y56qV2nA9t6OGrL7D2pnHtFVfryKVMJjhq56x_vD8NiGDnG5WQEjmTnm5J9ncz-n1Ppx1rOoM/s1600-h/tikiman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMTYzDVThfZMWBgtvMy8_1905n3IkDz3PI-6YQsTMT8G183aN3krEgf3doRxSdkBfH6Y56qV2nA9t6OGrL7D2pnHtFVfryKVMJjhq56x_vD8NiGDnG5WQEjmTnm5J9ncz-n1Ppx1rOoM/s320/tikiman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204150062213956850" border="0" /></a><br />"Sunset on the Tucson <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tiki</span></span> Man"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Gessobord</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I read on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">BoingBoing</span></span> this week that an old friend of mine was scheduled for demolition.<br /><br />Magic Carpet Golf on Speedway in Tucson Arizona was one of my favorite Tucson hangouts as a child.<br /><br />I was eight years old in 1976 and the '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tiki</span> Man', a three-story-tall concrete Easter Island <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Moa</span> with glowing red eyes and a green-lit spiral staircase leading to a caged observation platform, loomed huge in my imagination.<br /><br />That's what we always called it. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Tiki</span> Man. That's what everyone called it.<br /><br />I spent many a happy hour there.<br /><br />And then I nearly caused a car wreck some twenty years later when my Husband and I visited Tucson and I suddenly saw my old friend looming over the road.<br /><br />I started screaming '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Tiki</span> Man! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Tiki</span> Man! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Tiki</span> Man!'<br /><br />I'd had this immediate and intense rush of childhood memories.<br /><br />I had totally forgotten the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Tiki</span> Man until that moment.<br /><br />Now, Magic Carpet Golf has been sold to a car dealership and they don't hold my deep love for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">kitch</span>. They want the property swept clean.<br /><br />But thank all the gods, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Tiki</span> Man will escape that fate.<br /><br />I just got word that he's been purchased by a downtown <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Tiki</span>-themed bar.<br /><br />Saves me the trouble of renting a U-Haul and committing grand larceny.<br /><br />But I'll have to go back to Tucson and visit him in his new digs.<br /><br />I'm so relieved he won't be bulldozed.<br /><br />I painted this before I got the news of his reprieve. I'm all better now.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-64005292821372357892008-05-19T12:10:00.000-07:002008-05-19T12:18:14.867-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ86mbZAJSiJnR7NhGguNHwXFI_qhWewXoTBphzmywn1EhMjauQ9gDa7MqG-B3cUPKXvYOtohPBZDVcrjwDPXln-jIuwhTWGAISvBlDgZ238WYLHFrqn3eG6mCu87rg-EmEEYmOLIPAKA/s1600-h/MOPAC1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ86mbZAJSiJnR7NhGguNHwXFI_qhWewXoTBphzmywn1EhMjauQ9gDa7MqG-B3cUPKXvYOtohPBZDVcrjwDPXln-jIuwhTWGAISvBlDgZ238WYLHFrqn3eG6mCu87rg-EmEEYmOLIPAKA/s320/MOPAC1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202168711114563234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Under the MOPAC Bridge I"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALsEo8clZuHwPPQZsz4OIE4KuYH6uqKu9VIKuwXBil95CQ-x1ws5xF1bCGy00TjhjiTqHGYxI-whrB5Zw2igPjHGg-kTlsoViQAdm0ndd4MWJOQqdXCEnVeI9TyXgi5C_yQv27s3TeAg/s1600-h/MOPAC2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALsEo8clZuHwPPQZsz4OIE4KuYH6uqKu9VIKuwXBil95CQ-x1ws5xF1bCGy00TjhjiTqHGYxI-whrB5Zw2igPjHGg-kTlsoViQAdm0ndd4MWJOQqdXCEnVeI9TyXgi5C_yQv27s3TeAg/s320/MOPAC2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202168711114563250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIV9GmbaE7krVmMCuZ7EYoQCZlde8EpMWTJAW3NhEhzTfPnaCivfWgizLErdQhJIf0uApe69ONpcscU0EarqqbgjSCyFZEWpZZUFKZxZdXaVUXe9JH1m4_0nrqNTRfJkouJpR_T6iMkY/s1600-h/MOPAC3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIV9GmbaE7krVmMCuZ7EYoQCZlde8EpMWTJAW3NhEhzTfPnaCivfWgizLErdQhJIf0uApe69ONpcscU0EarqqbgjSCyFZEWpZZUFKZxZdXaVUXe9JH1m4_0nrqNTRfJkouJpR_T6iMkY/s320/MOPAC3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202168715409530562" border="0" /></a><br />"Under the MOPAC Bridge II"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Under the MOPAC Bridge III"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sorry I haven't posted in a while.<br /><br />We had some technical difficulties (we're learning that electricity and internet service are kinda spotty in Taos) and then had to head back to Austin, Texas for my brother-in-law's wedding.<br /><br />I'm finally getting some painting in, although I'd managed to forget how insanely hot it is here.<br /><br />If you're not done painting by 11am, you're gonna bake.<br /><br />So, I've been doing a series my friend Whitt Knox refers to as 'The Bridges of Travis County".<br /><br />Troll that I am, I've been painting under bridges for two days.<br /><br />Here's the first three paintings, with more to follow either tonight or tomorrow.<br /><br />And tomorrow, I head back to Taos! Whoo-hoo!Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-33640360141544617632008-05-12T14:02:00.000-07:002008-05-12T14:11:16.768-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafgvtiJMMdcbjVsnh-L6OTwoNZUTe-BXt0NZtd6bE0TkyTlIDnoYcaXfHLiPauMThyphenhyphenaTggNu5mzkOGASphuyGd9WtjtmRuB-GNVFqY61dMkheR6EC7UT48QSVYUw6LzbdFlHjq_MmZ8M/s1600-h/ArroyoTruck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafgvtiJMMdcbjVsnh-L6OTwoNZUTe-BXt0NZtd6bE0TkyTlIDnoYcaXfHLiPauMThyphenhyphenaTggNu5mzkOGASphuyGd9WtjtmRuB-GNVFqY61dMkheR6EC7UT48QSVYUw6LzbdFlHjq_MmZ8M/s320/ArroyoTruck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199600531124952706" border="0" /></a><br />"Arroyo Seco Truck"<br />3" X 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today David and I went out to Arroyo Seco so I could add another truck to my collection of Northern New Mexico Trucks.<br /><br />This old beauty is out in front of the Arroyo Seco Mercantile.<br /><br />It was a great day for painting, even if I was on the main drag with all the cars whizzing by and all the tourists asking 'are you painting?'Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-74467895456320259422008-05-07T20:49:00.000-07:002008-05-07T20:56:44.902-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vd9BqkY1pCRtmMegfvS4cL5PIU_NWmM1KloGmqqC3pjpu1dweOoqbRzPbBnXXwbwGbCKmxyXJa6A1CD2cDiGjJxJaookjWei3t-VNGtATG5OYPrxDbmkUyQ0EYCfSPYtr7Z6z5VeJsY/s1600-h/nude.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vd9BqkY1pCRtmMegfvS4cL5PIU_NWmM1KloGmqqC3pjpu1dweOoqbRzPbBnXXwbwGbCKmxyXJa6A1CD2cDiGjJxJaookjWei3t-VNGtATG5OYPrxDbmkUyQ0EYCfSPYtr7Z6z5VeJsY/s320/nude.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197849306328033106" border="0" /></a><br />"Laurie"<br />9" by 12"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm ahead for the week on my minatures, so I decided to paint slightly bigger today.<br /><br />Today's model was Laurie and she stood in this slightly awkward looking pose for *three* hours.<br /><br />She did get breaks every hour or so, but my gods, I couldn't have *sat* in one position for three hours even with breaks.<br /><br />Anyway, it was great working larger. I think I'm going to paint larger for the rest of the week and go back to minatures either this weekend or early next week.<br /><br />I'm seriously considering doing a larger version of one of my St. Francis Church paintings.<br /><br />And I really should paint that snake from Rio Pueblo.<br /><br />Stay tuned!Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-40956685139253183742008-05-06T19:20:00.000-07:002008-05-06T19:32:04.396-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q9s2C60Pe3Zo1OoxsDVq6yXPIzt807mb46Lh2zc97KyT68g4ZhrbasXgwuKHC9kvSPYpV5C0XEMZEB42bzEA8Fldjqqfq42N8Ey7cELdNwz0vcyQyhJN2Mn7rUVOZVRc3YfuAnABR5A/s1600-h/gorge2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q9s2C60Pe3Zo1OoxsDVq6yXPIzt807mb46Lh2zc97KyT68g4ZhrbasXgwuKHC9kvSPYpV5C0XEMZEB42bzEA8Fldjqqfq42N8Ey7cELdNwz0vcyQyhJN2Mn7rUVOZVRc3YfuAnABR5A/s320/gorge2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197455296862478850" border="0" /></a><br />"Rio Pueblo Outlook"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL052hwqQIElwF0fxwT1QOaj-sHi19WizHc-17lDo72UuK6cfGhGrpOTw5Xj8DMn3K3u_7dQLWwj6qce3McXjnk3SLRaPu-qlnoV02gvkmRvUlQBR1Oph6cfIEQ2eRmmNblyX_sWculps/s1600-h/Francis5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL052hwqQIElwF0fxwT1QOaj-sHi19WizHc-17lDo72UuK6cfGhGrpOTw5Xj8DMn3K3u_7dQLWwj6qce3McXjnk3SLRaPu-qlnoV02gvkmRvUlQBR1Oph6cfIEQ2eRmmNblyX_sWculps/s320/Francis5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197455305452413458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixznnTmlE51yZ2rstJLNZ-FBETz9xwdMVm_p0M7aV-TG4G0ZAn_4kPQoKp2GNSwkNfRUcRwTWVL4MxELh9YkcHfwbV6A06IiTgdmqnWAg24FpdH6eZ4-nHvg5MLxxfCbvXtuchbrT1SpE/s1600-h/Francis6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixznnTmlE51yZ2rstJLNZ-FBETz9xwdMVm_p0M7aV-TG4G0ZAn_4kPQoKp2GNSwkNfRUcRwTWVL4MxELh9YkcHfwbV6A06IiTgdmqnWAg24FpdH6eZ4-nHvg5MLxxfCbvXtuchbrT1SpE/s320/Francis6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197455305452413474" border="0" /></a><br />"St. Francis Church V"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"St. Francis Church VI"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Another great day of painting!<br /><br />We started out at the Rio Pueblo Overlook, which is out past the Taos Country Club on Hwy 110 to the South and West of town.<br /><br />It was glorious!<br /><br />And we found a gorgeous bull snake, which my wonderful husband took pictures of. I hope to paint something from those pictures when I get all recovered from this week.<br /><br />Everything was going swimmingly with the painting until the wind came up much earlier than ususal and I decided to pack it up at 11am and break for an early lunch.<br /><br />After lunch, I painted one of my favorite subjects, the St. Francis Church at Ranchos De Taos.<br /><br />I could paint that church every day and never be bored.<br /><br />Tomorrow is the last day of the paintout, and I'll probably end up missing most of it because I'm planning on going to the the Long Pose Session out in Arroyo Seco.<br /><br />If I'm lucky, I'll catch up with the plein air painters after lunch.<br /><br />What a week!Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-21486754039492567792008-05-05T20:28:00.000-07:002008-05-05T20:34:58.718-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJS5LaIyCwYooblUVOky63iVmixEl4-ERMZn2ywia1xbBr4TkyRKWhbVm_vE-JvPxu2g7cukNmRi50RKKnFLPpGN-dw2MYE1BdiixrhO0g4N706EYWHf9imH2vsaGtHYatmKsZgu20QPw/s1600-h/rock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJS5LaIyCwYooblUVOky63iVmixEl4-ERMZn2ywia1xbBr4TkyRKWhbVm_vE-JvPxu2g7cukNmRi50RKKnFLPpGN-dw2MYE1BdiixrhO0g4N706EYWHf9imH2vsaGtHYatmKsZgu20QPw/s320/rock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197101619190555122" border="0" /></a><br />"Black Rock at the Taos Junction Bridge"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Day three with Plein Air Painters of New Mexico and Plein Air Colorado.<br /><br />We drove down into the Rio Grande Gorge at Pilar and had a great time painting the rocks, water and greenery.<br /><br />I only got one painting today and feel like a slacker.<br /><br />The sky clouded up after lunch and I just felt like taking it easy.<br /><br />Instead, David took me to the Taos Spa and I walked on a treadmill for an hour. :(<br /><br />I think I'll paint most of tomorrow. . .Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-87340621172378956232008-05-04T18:40:00.000-07:002008-05-04T18:54:52.882-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5tXnIWoBDDTz0Kh0qCdoEUaZD7dJbgapE65yL-FE4b0qIve8jm4wBgo0vEExZ9bUeL2ccduYDJtnKRj-Ow9XQ05ZXZf3OnooWPjozA4fu6HwcPay-8AbmaGIdGIZWa1RPybCS-Ewp-4/s1600-h/cliffs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5tXnIWoBDDTz0Kh0qCdoEUaZD7dJbgapE65yL-FE4b0qIve8jm4wBgo0vEExZ9bUeL2ccduYDJtnKRj-Ow9XQ05ZXZf3OnooWPjozA4fu6HwcPay-8AbmaGIdGIZWa1RPybCS-Ewp-4/s320/cliffs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196702840067056066" border="0" /></a><br />"Cliffs Off the John Dunn Bridge"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DIAgOcjrKrsMBMiHaezqMdRY_eRgM97TZUiJYhuhPilFObyvhnSTPcTzOo7DA0LkzYnTUaS9Z6C1CUIAVG9WzfZ0ZzPI88T6tniS4aK7VhZoKgghhA6peSW2iix-KdL9vSI7bq_3gf0/s1600-h/bridge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DIAgOcjrKrsMBMiHaezqMdRY_eRgM97TZUiJYhuhPilFObyvhnSTPcTzOo7DA0LkzYnTUaS9Z6C1CUIAVG9WzfZ0ZzPI88T6tniS4aK7VhZoKgghhA6peSW2iix-KdL9vSI7bq_3gf0/s320/bridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196702844362023378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"The John Dunn Bridge"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrS5x70LTw_AXiUMUTfZ62RK0xXUKdEqmzhyH9Kp8ySdX3Lz2XoePkgufNEuLIciSs3P_6w71bSUqwG13x8wiaW9zvDY9SUyYuO4Uy-N9sYP8xZF3ibg9d9IcN8gGhCH_FZjm9CE4D6w/s1600-h/under.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrS5x70LTw_AXiUMUTfZ62RK0xXUKdEqmzhyH9Kp8ySdX3Lz2XoePkgufNEuLIciSs3P_6w71bSUqwG13x8wiaW9zvDY9SUyYuO4Uy-N9sYP8xZF3ibg9d9IcN8gGhCH_FZjm9CE4D6w/s320/under.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196702844362023394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Under the John Dunn Bridge"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Spent most of the day with the Plein Air Painters out at the John Dunn Bridge near Rio Hondo, which is North of Taos.<br /><br />Just gorgeous. Fabulous painting.<br /><br />The conditions couldn't have been better; about 68 degrees, no wind and just the clearest blue skies.<br /><br />And then right on the dot at noon, the spring winds came up. :(<br /><br />This was the largest plein air event I've ever attended. There were at least thirty of us out there painting. It was really weird having painters in all directions!<br /><br />And boy howdy, did we spook the natives!<br /><br />Someone even sent out a Park Ranger to see what the hell we were doing. He was pretty flabbergasted. We weren't breaking any rules, so he had a look and left.<br /><br />I wonder what his report looked like. . .Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-24829764843315829782008-05-03T16:11:00.000-07:002008-05-04T18:53:20.444-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqftZ2pM3KDZh2gu6YZRIMqlxZaMPHH2LGUEA-wrcNPk4WYJms6UsIk70IBdntAUDplWS0SZIYDN8Rpti57c26FvBLYz89157DtXuf2aZ214uTeuBsg26b6LGtE3J55uFi1yOXJMT-JWA/s1600-h/dane.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqftZ2pM3KDZh2gu6YZRIMqlxZaMPHH2LGUEA-wrcNPk4WYJms6UsIk70IBdntAUDplWS0SZIYDN8Rpti57c26FvBLYz89157DtXuf2aZ214uTeuBsg26b6LGtE3J55uFi1yOXJMT-JWA/s320/dane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196293645647864242" border="0" /></a><br />"Dane"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOspUxy8H8i9VXTRNhHIRVl2FPrH9TG15714ubGsxqQFxeexu-gNfveb_qLKl29WJCOlM1IM1ZXkf2GQCOluhVeJaqjtCo8fqoa8bQtLu_k3uUyOg3MeoErxvLrBPB5lalEaxApxeN65w/s1600-h/mommy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOspUxy8H8i9VXTRNhHIRVl2FPrH9TG15714ubGsxqQFxeexu-gNfveb_qLKl29WJCOlM1IM1ZXkf2GQCOluhVeJaqjtCo8fqoa8bQtLu_k3uUyOg3MeoErxvLrBPB5lalEaxApxeN65w/s320/mommy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196293645647864226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Mommy To Be"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKaqGe90RoVrqbcbyOqc_KhVX6sr1eypk8s1evn9Jp8ALCdoblpnFbP-ukuVZ4Kx60yBOBhsnZL6_auQ9wUGtZ7jk7hL2crk8zRcIW2m2TAR8ezbumjuGM9138lJjm_nIweHwzVCBEbw/s1600-h/truck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKaqGe90RoVrqbcbyOqc_KhVX6sr1eypk8s1evn9Jp8ALCdoblpnFbP-ukuVZ4Kx60yBOBhsnZL6_auQ9wUGtZ7jk7hL2crk8zRcIW2m2TAR8ezbumjuGM9138lJjm_nIweHwzVCBEbw/s320/truck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196293641352896914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"El Prado Truck"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sorry I've been gone a couple of days.<br /><br />David just got back from Austin and we got really busy doing house stuff.<br /><br />But now, the week-long paint-a-thon is on!<br /><br />This morning I had my session with the Taos Portrait Painters. Their model today was a lovely lady named Dane who was eight months pregnant.<br /><br />I did one portrait and one semi-abstract piece. Everyone kept raving about how fun her belly was to paint, so that's what I was doing in the abstract piece; having fun.<br /><br />Then I grabbed a Blakes' Lotta Burger (an Itza Burger actually, the Lotta Burgers are too big) and drove like mad out to join the plein air painters out back of The Sheepskin Company in El Prado where I joined a huge group painting 'The Truck'.<br /><br />There are two trucks in the Taos area that everyone paints. This is one; the other is out in Arroyo Seco and I'll probably be painting it later in the week.<br /><br />Anyhoo, had a great time with the plein air painters. Tonight's the social and tomorrow's more painting!<br /><br />I should also mention that I got a mention as a 'Taos Artist' in the Taos News, Tempo section this week (thanks Patrice!).<br /><br />I'm so psyched! I'm a recognized Taos Artist! I've finally made it!Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-35343338905154315392008-04-29T23:31:00.000-07:002008-04-29T23:36:46.708-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6mV3vjf7RRxK5fAW7VCgTPdzoq3UBL-e-ZqeaK-IV0dm_x8gavxzFI_aFsx6clLV0eLqFpyXQF2ArMZcVxaZsqWZfLIqk2OZXm8yG767Y_Ix3i03HyXDhqZ7UoLHNCM0Bxx6_6Lo22s/s1600-h/bell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6mV3vjf7RRxK5fAW7VCgTPdzoq3UBL-e-ZqeaK-IV0dm_x8gavxzFI_aFsx6clLV0eLqFpyXQF2ArMZcVxaZsqWZfLIqk2OZXm8yG767Y_Ix3i03HyXDhqZ7UoLHNCM0Bxx6_6Lo22s/s320/bell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194922305539924322" border="0" /></a><br />"Yellow Bell Pepper"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXsiuHJEhgKBynPh7x7oiqEDjcyupHkbijWfpsaSJPUzXO8y4c1tjuOsNA_RX7LRDNcnBJiXNwrQ2l__2cHlAdeFDkhEUq_mKOgYEEnMucKNnDxEsSRR3RkqScrJVrTW8kJiSk55If5Q/s1600-h/red.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXsiuHJEhgKBynPh7x7oiqEDjcyupHkbijWfpsaSJPUzXO8y4c1tjuOsNA_RX7LRDNcnBJiXNwrQ2l__2cHlAdeFDkhEUq_mKOgYEEnMucKNnDxEsSRR3RkqScrJVrTW8kJiSk55If5Q/s320/red.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194922309834891634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES0Pbrxhd84jxynttq-gqSqm7JvmauDJJK1nbzAcUDA7pQ3BTKE8588yf4drdyFN7qBNvVwTVOKwnGkJete5nV9Eb2Q8hzh7VbDSBqHh2-yvb88jKL_iyYz0O3-poaAh0MayWVTnhgEE/s1600-h/magpie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES0Pbrxhd84jxynttq-gqSqm7JvmauDJJK1nbzAcUDA7pQ3BTKE8588yf4drdyFN7qBNvVwTVOKwnGkJete5nV9Eb2Q8hzh7VbDSBqHh2-yvb88jKL_iyYz0O3-poaAh0MayWVTnhgEE/s320/magpie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194922314129858946" border="0" /></a><br />"Red <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Jalapeno</span>"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Magpie Portrait"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well, the family situation is finally settling down and my nerves are much improved.<br /><br />I got three paintings done today.<br /><br />I promise to get back into a better work groove this week.<br /><br />Next week I'm taking part in a week-long plein air festival. I'll be painting out all week.<br /><br />Should be most interesting!Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-74990984006521365502008-04-25T22:39:00.000-07:002008-04-25T22:44:16.982-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5WvogsNJlLB4-xby4F7HeW0Xiu7_Rk6e2IG7YFDdBn3Made2NnddRlcpOfAD7ye2ytPjEd8Zs1YFLR2AZFS6qliwkuv5Y9dgX4zLMlZOKD-RKE90kXj_kO4fRLW3CX7W9h0nOZFh7hU/s1600-h/loud1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5WvogsNJlLB4-xby4F7HeW0Xiu7_Rk6e2IG7YFDdBn3Made2NnddRlcpOfAD7ye2ytPjEd8Zs1YFLR2AZFS6qliwkuv5Y9dgX4zLMlZOKD-RKE90kXj_kO4fRLW3CX7W9h0nOZFh7hU/s320/loud1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193424543069626658" border="0" /></a><br />"Loud Pepper 1"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqpSgR9bLFemLcc2YQDwPC0rRvAatEUtT6Edw8BZApFleiJ6EVyGYt71dH3ReW0bbh5UY7IpMnWi7WVDiUxM3AW88Iw51lUkiLS4gyCJAdOhrWE8GdfRd3ZQuxDtK3oDnfdok3big9rg/s1600-h/loud2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqpSgR9bLFemLcc2YQDwPC0rRvAatEUtT6Edw8BZApFleiJ6EVyGYt71dH3ReW0bbh5UY7IpMnWi7WVDiUxM3AW88Iw51lUkiLS4gyCJAdOhrWE8GdfRd3ZQuxDtK3oDnfdok3big9rg/s320/loud2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193424547364593970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNeOLmHf4d3ySmDCGqVL8wofYHTm9E4d8RiGNwckn2KnWgC6-oVK7td6bAZjLq_Yt13u6w8igwOTm4Z5ucZ6zSiTVcv41RG8regDh5JWsTJJ3kBQiVdPNEXWKtUSQKt1QlxzJk9OSWrY/s1600-h/loud3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNeOLmHf4d3ySmDCGqVL8wofYHTm9E4d8RiGNwckn2KnWgC6-oVK7td6bAZjLq_Yt13u6w8igwOTm4Z5ucZ6zSiTVcv41RG8regDh5JWsTJJ3kBQiVdPNEXWKtUSQKt1QlxzJk9OSWrY/s320/loud3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193424551659561282" border="0" /></a><br />"Loud Pepper 2"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Loud Pepper 3"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Had another little cold snap here in Taos, so instead of the Plein Air (Ouside) painting I'd planned, I stayed inside and painted peppers.<br /><br />I need to paint more peppers. I love painting peppers.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-9803024515244460392008-04-23T21:43:00.000-07:002008-04-23T21:48:35.959-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCURLV96N0Rg9DT6ZnmY304KGeDeI9we3PYw66kxcacOpnK_qT2n1jTOeHMpMlABHHmkErvgVqxGc0cP7IaSj1pXLLy4cLRVkcZncXrPK2zbKlrb9HFP4XIUFlngdYWYCfclErqsRZa4/s1600-h/nude1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCURLV96N0Rg9DT6ZnmY304KGeDeI9we3PYw66kxcacOpnK_qT2n1jTOeHMpMlABHHmkErvgVqxGc0cP7IaSj1pXLLy4cLRVkcZncXrPK2zbKlrb9HFP4XIUFlngdYWYCfclErqsRZa4/s320/nude1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192668010350239986" border="0" /></a><br />"Shannon"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74gHlaStIEeKiwbuFGJ2h9859OpPtjpBV-Z5dPxDcRjr5hUfT75oZhJ8YeiVRPeW3Q9KlxXalyLhekUT3qKugyEFRNuLOjLrjdFSs6QKl7XSdsKvOFvL9u1EmhB8Ti41rpjC93pjMWvI/s1600-h/nude2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74gHlaStIEeKiwbuFGJ2h9859OpPtjpBV-Z5dPxDcRjr5hUfT75oZhJ8YeiVRPeW3Q9KlxXalyLhekUT3qKugyEFRNuLOjLrjdFSs6QKl7XSdsKvOFvL9u1EmhB8Ti41rpjC93pjMWvI/s320/nude2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192668014645207298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Shannon II"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today I went to the 'Long Pose' session of a sculpture group that meets here in the Taos area.<br /><br />On Wednesdays, they have an 'open' session and allow other media artists to share their model (for a fee, of course).<br /><br />It was wonderful.<br /><br />A really, really great studio, an amazing model, and great artists all around.<br /><br />It was really, really quiet though, so I might have to start taking my iPod. . .<br /><br />They won't be meeting next week and there's no Portrait painting this Saturday.<br /><br />I think I'd better start painting more landscapes this next week. . .Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-81850413008161910802008-04-23T16:50:00.000-07:002008-04-23T16:54:05.518-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQq1hLj01JYp1vIxv-9FQlpS45B2GQzJpgIcco9j70fYxxOpl_Rk3Z1A5KrHlrHCQHO9PYix7SRJX9ZZRgvvB8QrNOPBm4bi9chyphenhyphen6TzzYbDnGL53cFRf7ZAzJtmdeRJFBE8U8QdipW4U/s1600-h/taos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQq1hLj01JYp1vIxv-9FQlpS45B2GQzJpgIcco9j70fYxxOpl_Rk3Z1A5KrHlrHCQHO9PYix7SRJX9ZZRgvvB8QrNOPBm4bi9chyphenhyphen6TzzYbDnGL53cFRf7ZAzJtmdeRJFBE8U8QdipW4U/s320/taos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192592556364783826" border="0" /></a><br />"Taos Mountain IV"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sorry I've been slacking off.<br /><br />Got some unhappy family news and I've been a bit bummed.<br /><br />Got some good painting done today and I'll hopefully post those pictures tonight.<br /><br />Yes, I'm caught up. :)Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-68073889072093696442008-04-19T20:15:00.000-07:002008-04-19T20:21:53.669-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6CaUN_md1TMi4RUkzJ499J3Ihl7MZaNqfrsllwtZchxpeBLW0UfZgoVUQmBRBlSR8ka67L6S_IUc2NHxKoFzm-pYUj4_guUCaEBqfoF-OabNb_ycvzHAUns4YCRJZ_0nvXqxxyBoOhQ/s1600-h/edilma.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6CaUN_md1TMi4RUkzJ499J3Ihl7MZaNqfrsllwtZchxpeBLW0UfZgoVUQmBRBlSR8ka67L6S_IUc2NHxKoFzm-pYUj4_guUCaEBqfoF-OabNb_ycvzHAUns4YCRJZ_0nvXqxxyBoOhQ/s320/edilma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191160944676416450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Edilma</span>"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf86-pQ9dPvffIPCCe6XatJxMbyW6ZafLtd8RZZHwYbSdmMEn5KCSgs4gKKOko2c2acYQS20dRXGpGZnFUPRj6Qe5iwuqYO-7-OMQMqkbE7IOgAOTYddfFINZhJpeYDGJ-AZNGr9eBh3o/s1600-h/lillith.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf86-pQ9dPvffIPCCe6XatJxMbyW6ZafLtd8RZZHwYbSdmMEn5KCSgs4gKKOko2c2acYQS20dRXGpGZnFUPRj6Qe5iwuqYO-7-OMQMqkbE7IOgAOTYddfFINZhJpeYDGJ-AZNGr9eBh3o/s320/lillith.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191160944676416466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Lillith</span>"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today's model for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Taos</span> Portrait Painters was a gorgeous, exotic lady from Brazil named <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Edilma</span>.<br /><br />I painted the first picture, her portrait, and then started another.<br /><br />But I started messing with it almost <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">immediately</span>, and it became someone else entirely.<br /><br />So, I got one portrait of Edilma, and one of Lillith.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-61611664770696085122008-04-17T22:58:00.001-07:002008-04-17T23:04:09.344-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZgx5lLNhI4lwl1JV2H4Kyu98C0ajc5WlzoTpS-gMb0yxq3Kr_ZNb5_K6DqYyvwmRQnVL1Mdhi88ZD5jEiZRBA_G6eWAqbAX_AMbzEHbvKW6uc89xP7clmrnrUW5pP9849sQyHzjyzKw/s1600-h/cotton1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZgx5lLNhI4lwl1JV2H4Kyu98C0ajc5WlzoTpS-gMb0yxq3Kr_ZNb5_K6DqYyvwmRQnVL1Mdhi88ZD5jEiZRBA_G6eWAqbAX_AMbzEHbvKW6uc89xP7clmrnrUW5pP9849sQyHzjyzKw/s320/cotton1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190460922696147330" border="0" /></a><br />"Cottonwoods Before the Storm"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAm9EXvrC41vcyDpANtthl8RzShfUBDIZv8wJ1zp5Aopkf0ydNiADyJlt-p6B6VHIfP-4oZ5sULoEBCvaYzjsN3i9WNpsEnmFzSsy1lAzf5KaxzjBDTc3TWn9ftvol3AuKqFe6EgO81Y0/s1600-h/cotton2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAm9EXvrC41vcyDpANtthl8RzShfUBDIZv8wJ1zp5Aopkf0ydNiADyJlt-p6B6VHIfP-4oZ5sULoEBCvaYzjsN3i9WNpsEnmFzSsy1lAzf5KaxzjBDTc3TWn9ftvol3AuKqFe6EgO81Y0/s320/cotton2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190460926991114642" border="0" /></a><br />"Cottonwoods Before the Storm II"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br />Today we had another snowstorm come in from the North. It played havoc with all the light and the light through these cottonwoods that are just about to bud out was just amazing.<br /><br />I'll be painting them again.<br /><br />I need to catch that delicacy against the fierce sky behind. . .<br /><br />Just gorgeous.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-25636498745567965702008-04-15T23:01:00.000-07:002008-04-17T20:25:38.973-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7xcj8CqVh-MShHWlzgBWdh5VSRAIXOMXoBSkhD_1i-_4TOsbfuetTJc14xUKJLsGzMtmF-AhK71mJWrZKcfaQ3Zz-QRln-HXBvCvBMMgoGIEst0zpZYEtxDGLpwhq8f6VCXpjGOp2rs/s1600-h/hide1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7xcj8CqVh-MShHWlzgBWdh5VSRAIXOMXoBSkhD_1i-_4TOsbfuetTJc14xUKJLsGzMtmF-AhK71mJWrZKcfaQ3Zz-QRln-HXBvCvBMMgoGIEst0zpZYEtxDGLpwhq8f6VCXpjGOp2rs/s320/hide1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189719555506282866" border="0" /></a><br />"Sunset at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Stakeout</span>"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgtlzqj7A9hzza7YQ3f5Gp9GIeWfsQSyQvUrJYhtEIFGF4D_kXqy3-CY-S9OhiITbTSozACvBX5dD7SwrAAGbvKuxdiXQNVEtTuwNrQ6cHlGcikD-MEq0mYhYvbLA5kEmbdV9Q_JEbo4/s1600-h/hide2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgtlzqj7A9hzza7YQ3f5Gp9GIeWfsQSyQvUrJYhtEIFGF4D_kXqy3-CY-S9OhiITbTSozACvBX5dD7SwrAAGbvKuxdiXQNVEtTuwNrQ6cHlGcikD-MEq0mYhYvbLA5kEmbdV9Q_JEbo4/s320/hide2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189719551211315554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />"Twilight at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Stakeout</span>"<br />Oil on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Gessobord</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tonight David and I had dinner out at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Stakeout</span>, a restaurant known for it's sunsets.<br /><br />It did not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">disappoint</span>.<br /><br />Oh, and the food was good too. :)Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-81711214368043184712008-04-14T21:54:00.001-07:002008-04-14T22:01:52.319-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KWbW-GQAsvTtBkNIfg3oJgJgJEuww02lb2QmavHkbfG1nOFh8kWg6ckv07vgxuFXTlAyU4fJKetk5QdRjiOIsGHeetSGZAgMB8E5UVIGzLtGERQ8e3hiGkchdk-OlacAbIPU_UvKrxg/s1600-h/chim.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KWbW-GQAsvTtBkNIfg3oJgJgJEuww02lb2QmavHkbfG1nOFh8kWg6ckv07vgxuFXTlAyU4fJKetk5QdRjiOIsGHeetSGZAgMB8E5UVIGzLtGERQ8e3hiGkchdk-OlacAbIPU_UvKrxg/s320/chim.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189331238923116866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Chimayo Santuario"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhFrrtqjbw_KI_99jmNMZP9VCVJ_uZcRxM7NiRWoONr9laKqV55f6i-4MjK8GmQsIsdmKG50lWe7dlCLSM6YcjLIevFxBTqv0PAVk6MD8P3xgqTCrfb_qok4hNUmDDhDiXBLoq599ToA/s1600-h/chim2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhFrrtqjbw_KI_99jmNMZP9VCVJ_uZcRxM7NiRWoONr9laKqV55f6i-4MjK8GmQsIsdmKG50lWe7dlCLSM6YcjLIevFxBTqv0PAVk6MD8P3xgqTCrfb_qok4hNUmDDhDiXBLoq599ToA/s320/chim2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189331251808018770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Chimayo Santuario II"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today I painted with the Plein Air Artists of New Mexico at the Chimayo Santuario in Chimayo New Mexico.<br /><br />It's an amazingly weird little church in a even weirder little valley.<br /><br />I didn't capture it. I'll have to try again later.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-86161267091281335092008-04-12T16:02:00.000-07:002008-04-12T16:09:20.160-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdGl6YFM0Lmdl30yy1mdc6YnHVDF18KiBpnGYnDhqWh9EpNStrhyXShIxrJMGn3ljubLiN5-bLp0uzJVLrg78QFMkpFFDpHaC0IXrscppM_6u9kX1rT_-5nnBeyy4wRdT1CrclMmUD8U/s1600-h/robin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdGl6YFM0Lmdl30yy1mdc6YnHVDF18KiBpnGYnDhqWh9EpNStrhyXShIxrJMGn3ljubLiN5-bLp0uzJVLrg78QFMkpFFDpHaC0IXrscppM_6u9kX1rT_-5nnBeyy4wRdT1CrclMmUD8U/s320/robin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188498303030501602" border="0" /></a><br />"Robin"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today at TSOPA we were scheduled to paint Angie, the gal I painted at the Short Pose Session on Monday.<br /><br />She canceled at the last minute and Nancy (thank you, thank you, thank you) called Robin from Taos Pueblo.<br /><br />I'm so much happier with Robin.Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-22035494327164432232008-04-11T19:22:00.000-07:002008-04-13T16:12:32.905-07:00Whoo-hoo! I'm finally caught up!<br /><br />I went and painted with the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico.<br /><br />They were painting just up the street at St. Francis Church.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7VMnOD_GK_X_nuLZVPJMftd17ogppD7rgVvAtl6nMxy_PhThFLteS8IAVcc3xm7xY2I01NSD9cMd9cQtGqjVujpmBWm1TBDTDFFGjCsaopFYt69qQPo16k36kLf6u7Is5XMU0bcYJYw/s1600-h/stfrancis3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7VMnOD_GK_X_nuLZVPJMftd17ogppD7rgVvAtl6nMxy_PhThFLteS8IAVcc3xm7xY2I01NSD9cMd9cQtGqjVujpmBWm1TBDTDFFGjCsaopFYt69qQPo16k36kLf6u7Is5XMU0bcYJYw/s320/stfrancis3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188870985932710146" border="0" /></a><br />"Saint Francis II"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgyXOdL6hfzI6w6XOuy_8-JwDgZg937dj3V9U3mEvR_VYoLgXCxYieA2Yp9xyeBLrzFJwlVFSA8hC528xjKQ_cW5VLe2YFWPKkGua7zBmuDdvF6_TUOu8ndrdeOgeI9SAFyPJtH3uN6k/s1600-h/st.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgyXOdL6hfzI6w6XOuy_8-JwDgZg937dj3V9U3mEvR_VYoLgXCxYieA2Yp9xyeBLrzFJwlVFSA8hC528xjKQ_cW5VLe2YFWPKkGua7zBmuDdvF6_TUOu8ndrdeOgeI9SAFyPJtH3uN6k/s320/st.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188870758299443442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"St. Francis III"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on Gessobord<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It was very, very cold, but I found a sunny corner and painted for about two hours.<br /><br />Then the front came in, the sun dissapeared and I just couldn't take it.<br /><br />But I got at these two minatures and one nice 5" by 7".<br /><br />Tomorrow is portrait painting. I might actually get ahead!Tara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844645290820347161.post-35616874926823058832008-04-10T19:24:00.000-07:002008-04-13T16:18:16.957-07:00Well, no snow pictures today.<br /><br />The snow had mostly melted by 10am and was gone by noon. :(<br /><br />So, as today is my 100th painting, I decided it was past time for me to paint a self portrait.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_7_aDph-dOCTNYsbY3VUn7iOVdI_r9gIVbRA5-KvYNWCWCDg6BF7Pa0MNkAoLnf4rfSS5s70_OkWnN6xAKdXpzwmbHuvO0g0p8aXP7w1t1LoTR6ciNJKjYD-8RwbDVIgXMtMy86Gerg/s1600-h/me.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_7_aDph-dOCTNYsbY3VUn7iOVdI_r9gIVbRA5-KvYNWCWCDg6BF7Pa0MNkAoLnf4rfSS5s70_OkWnN6xAKdXpzwmbHuvO0g0p8aXP7w1t1LoTR6ciNJKjYD-8RwbDVIgXMtMy86Gerg/s320/me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188871978070155538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Self Portrait"<br />3" by 4"<br />Oil on GessobordTara Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523974678524101noreply@blogger.com0