
THIS 22" BY 28" PAINTING WAS PAINTED IN MY STUDIO FROM A PHOTOGRAPH I TOOK OF THE SMALL NORTHERN NEW MEXICO VILLAGE OF TRAMPAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I WAS DRIVING THE HIGH ROAD TO TAOS ON A HOT AUTUMN AFTERNOON LOOKING FOR SUBJECTS. I SAW THIS SCENE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR JUST AS I WAS LEAVING THE VILLAGE AND MADE AN EMERGENCY STOP TO TAKE THE PHOTO. THE PAINTING WAS SHOWN AT THE 2010 THE NITA STEWART HALEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SHOW IN MIDLAND, TEXAS.
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