Rough Ground
24×30″
Oil on gallery wrap canvas
©2014 Lucinda Howe
$1,400
www.lucindahowe.com

The landscape and artistic history of northern New Mexico are dominated by Pedernal, the mountain that was a favorite of Georgia O’Keeffe.  But walking the paths of Ghost Ranch, I find that the rugged landscape grabs my attention and pushes the mountain to the background.

This painting was painted over an old painting with some of the old painting allowed to show through.  That technique works well with the dusty strata of red rocks in the New Mexico landscape.