Canyon Dreams 22, 23, 24

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 24, , 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 24, 8×8

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 23, , 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 23, 8×8

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 22, , 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 22, 8×8

Last year I began working on a series of paintings done mostly from memory of driving through the Southwest and Eastern Oregon. The desert and high-desert grasses, dirt colors, and rock formations are fascinating and compel me to paint them.

In my usual loose style using transparent oil paint on an alizerin crimson underpainting make up this triptych.

In addition, these each use a bit of sgraffito to add texture and small details.

Canyon Dreams, a new series?

© Pam Van Londen 2009,  Canyon Dreams 1, oil on clayboard,  8x8x1
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Canyon Dreams 1, 8x8x1 on oil on clayboard

I enjoy the essence of watercolor paintings…the transparency creates such a etherial mood. I’ve achieved the same essence with this oil painting on a clay panel. I painted this canyon from memories of driving through Eastern Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

I was inclined to make several of these this morning, but refrained so I could get other work done. Let me know if you like this style and if I should paint more like it.