PAINTING
THE MISSIONS OF
NEW MEXICO Check our Schedule for dates (Feel free to call for details) Limited to 12 Participants |
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This plein air painting class will spend time at each of these missions. The Missions of the West are compelling monuments built of Earth, Stone, Timbers, Sweat and Faith. Their sculptural walls and intimate details have inspired artists for many generations. Built of Adobe, and smoothed by centuries of the touch of human hands, they flow in undulating lines that are a delight to paint and photograph as they rise from the land like forms of nature, greeting the light. We car-pool to all sites and share a Dutch-lunch.
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SAN FRANCISCO DE ASSIS In Taos, New Mexico,
this Icon of the Southwest, with its massive sculptural buttresses,
has had a magnetic attraction to artists since the beginning
of the 20th Century. Hundreds of painters and photographers, including
Georgia O’Keeffe, have responded to its spell.
Ansel Adams said that its presence was so powerful,
its combination of Form, Line, Space, Light and Shadow so compelling
that it convinced him to pursue photography
instead of music. |
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SAN JOSE DE GRACIA This ancient mission located in the charming mountain town
of Las Trampas, offers a rustic simplicity set against
a beautiful backdrop of rugged Ponderosa Pine covered hills. |
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EL SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO This
lovely Family Chapel, built in 1813, is located |
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LA M0RADA DE DON FERNANDO There is a large cross in the courtyard of this church which was
the subject of Georgia O’Keeffe’s many paintings titled "New
Mexico Cross". The building itself has been lovingly restored
and features a lovely arched adobe gateway. |
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La Morada - picture by Debbie Nelson, 2009 participant