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| The distant mountain is El Salto, just north of Taos. |
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| This doorway is adjacent to the San Franciso de Asis Church in Ranchos de Taos. |
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| This is Pilar, located on the low road between Santa Fe and Taos. Notice the small dirt road in front of the building. I'll talk more about it in the blog below. |
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| This is also on the low road between Santa Fe and Taos. |
Let me try this again! It's been ages since I've updated my blog but I'm determined to do better in the future. I have a legitimate excuse for not doing any new posts, at least for part of the time. I bit the bullet and had both knees replaced in 2015. My right knee was replaced in mid-June and my left knee on the first of September. After each surgery, I endured two and a half months of physical therapy...and let me tell ya, that was no fun. (But you HAVE to do it, otherwise the surgery is for naught.) Add in a few more months of walking very slowly and carefully and, before you know it, the better part of a year is gone! Here, I need to thank my friend Rita and her fiesty little Havanese dog named Lily Rose, for letting me recuperate in their home. I could not have gone thru the surgeries and therapy without Rita's help. Thanks, Rita!
I had fallen behind on creating new artwork so, once I was able to travel, I made my way to the Texas hill country. I spent four months in the area, creating as many new paintings as possible. All my new work went to the Whistle Pik Gallery in Fredericksburg since they had been very patient with me during my down-time.
Once I felt like I was "caught up", I hitched up and headed to Taos, New Mexico. (Actually, first I stopped in Tulsa, where I got a thumbs-up from the orthopedic surgeon on my knees. He told me no additional check-ups were needed. That was great news!) I'm now in Taos and have put many miles on my trusty Ram long-bed, crew-cab, one-ton dually pickup, always searching for good subjects to paint. That brings me to the picture of Pilar, above. You know, if a guy were to take a long-bed, crew-cab, one-ton dually pickup down that small dirt road, thru many tight turns and thru places that were so narrow, the side view mirrors had to be folded in to avoid being knocked off, that same guy might find himself in an area too small to turn his truck around! Not that I know anyone who'd be crazy enough to do that!
Until next time.....
