Showing posts with label Hacienda de los Martinez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hacienda de los Martinez. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

La Hacienda de Los Martinez corral


6x6 oil on cotton canvas panel
$75(email me if interested)

Visiting this thick adobe walled hacienda gives you a glimpse of what frontier life was like in the early 1800's. The 21 room hacienda opens into a large courtyard. Stables and corrals surround the grounds. I was drawn to the linear fence and the round kiva fireplaces sitting next to each other. I also wanted to capture the golden hues of the earth and the blue sky of New Mexico. For some reason I painted tighter than a did in my past New Mexico paintings.