Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:28 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
My Painting of New Mexico stormy skies
The topography in New Mexico is such that in some places the rise of the land allows you to see a 100 miles or more so when storms travel through you can see the thunderclouds that are very far away. So you can see rain falling far away, bright sunshine on the tops of cumulonimbus clouds as well as the very dark undersides, the color of the sky, the lowering of the dark clouds overhead, and lightning strikes in the far distance.
![]() Acrylic on canvas - 24” x 36”
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lunatica | Dec 2019 | OP |
Freedomofspeech | Dec 2019 | #1 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #30 | |
50 Shades Of Blue | Dec 2019 | #2 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #31 | |
RestoreAmerica2020 | Dec 2019 | #3 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #32 | |
Iliyah | Dec 2019 | #4 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #33 | |
diva77 | Dec 2019 | #5 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #34 | |
Ohiogal | Dec 2019 | #6 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #35 | |
LiberalLoner | Dec 2019 | #7 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #36 | |
alittlelark | Dec 2019 | #8 | |
TheBlackAdder | Dec 2019 | #9 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #10 | |
Newest Reality | Dec 2019 | #11 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #12 | |
Newest Reality | Dec 2019 | #13 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #14 | |
Newest Reality | Dec 2019 | #15 | |
The Velveteen Ocelot | Dec 2019 | #16 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #21 | |
mountain grammy | Dec 2019 | #17 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #22 | |
mountain grammy | Dec 2019 | #48 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #50 | |
mountain grammy | Dec 2019 | #51 | |
BadgerMom | Dec 2019 | #18 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #37 | |
yaesu | Dec 2019 | #19 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #20 | |
TlalocW | Dec 2019 | #23 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #28 | |
MBS | Dec 2019 | #24 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #38 | |
LiberalLovinLug | Dec 2019 | #25 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #39 | |
AllaN01Bear | Dec 2019 | #26 | |
OregonBlue | Dec 2019 | #27 | |
secondwind | Dec 2019 | #29 | |
ALBliberal | Dec 2019 | #40 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #43 | |
chillfactor | Dec 2019 | #41 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #42 | |
Duppers | Dec 2019 | #44 | |
TygrBright | Dec 2019 | #45 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #47 | |
Niagara | Dec 2019 | #46 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #53 | |
fantase56 | Dec 2019 | #49 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #52 | |
JDC | Dec 2019 | #54 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #55 | |
Fragment | Dec 2019 | #56 | |
lunatica | Dec 2019 | #57 | |
bif | Dec 2019 | #58 |
Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:29 PM
Freedomofspeech (3,685 posts)
1. Amazing!
Response to Freedomofspeech (Reply #1)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:12 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
30. Thank you!
Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:32 PM
50 Shades Of Blue (5,914 posts)
2. That is just beautiful!
Response to 50 Shades Of Blue (Reply #2)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:12 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
31. Thank you!
Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:32 PM
RestoreAmerica2020 (2,591 posts)
3. Stunning! Thanks.
Paz.
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Response to RestoreAmerica2020 (Reply #3)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:12 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
32. Thanks!
Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:32 PM
Iliyah (24,696 posts)
4. That's pretty cool . . . .
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:35 PM
diva77 (6,372 posts)
5. Beautiful!! Definitely museum-worthy!!
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:38 PM
LiberalLoner (7,920 posts)
7. Beautiful!
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Response to LiberalLoner (Reply #7)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:13 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
36. Thank you!
Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:40 PM
alittlelark (17,949 posts)
8. Beautiful !!
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:47 PM
TheBlackAdder (19,548 posts)
9. Wait! You missed that #7 spot in the upper left corner.
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![]() Just kidding. That's really nice. I wish I had artistic abilities like that. . |
Response to TheBlackAdder (Reply #9)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:48 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
10. LOL!
and thank you!
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:55 PM
Newest Reality (12,702 posts)
11. Trs Magnifique!!!
I get the impression!
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Response to Newest Reality (Reply #11)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:01 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
12. My paintings are highly influenced by the Impressionists
Very different than my drawings which are realistic. It’s like I have an artistic split personality.
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Response to lunatica (Reply #12)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:08 PM
Newest Reality (12,702 posts)
13. I see.
Noted.
The painting conveys the emotion and movement of your experience well while transcending the strictures of the paint and canvas with the spirit of creativity. The stirring undercurrent of your style there is both stunning and moody and I can see the influences. Thanks for sharing and revealing that! |
Response to Newest Reality (Reply #13)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:11 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
14. That's a wonderful critique
Thanks!
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Response to lunatica (Reply #14)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:13 PM
Newest Reality (12,702 posts)
15. You're welcome!
I love great art! It's been a lifelong thing and includes many modes.
Keep dabbing away! ![]() |
Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:24 PM
The Velveteen Ocelot (91,598 posts)
16. Nice! I really like the colors in the clouds.
There is usually more color in them than we might notice at first. You captured those colors very well.
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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #16)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:49 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
21. My love of skies is showing here!
The storms in NM can get really wild and scary. If you’re driving on a highway it’s a really good idea to stop on the side of the road until it passes. It will rain so hard that your windshield wipers can’t keep up. You see solid water! Usually the storms pass very quickly and you’re in the sunshine. It’s very dramatic.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:27 PM
mountain grammy (22,512 posts)
17. Love this..
We spend a lot of time in New Mexico. In fact we’re in Rio Rancho right now. You’ve captured the storms of New Mexico. ❤️
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Response to mountain grammy (Reply #17)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:49 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
22. They're exciting aren't they?!
Response to lunatica (Reply #22)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 05:31 PM
mountain grammy (22,512 posts)
48. That one that blew through last Saturday
Was a doozy, but not the typical NM thunderstorms I love.
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Response to mountain grammy (Reply #48)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 05:41 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
50. I got caught in one between Taos and Santa Fe at night
It scared the crap out of me!
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Response to lunatica (Reply #50)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 05:45 PM
mountain grammy (22,512 posts)
51. Quite scary
But it was over so quick. I love New Mexico.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:30 PM
BadgerMom (2,076 posts)
18. Lovely.
Thanks for sharing.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:34 PM
yaesu (5,692 posts)
19. Beautiful! And my dream is to move to NM I leave the cold, red North for the last time. nt
Response to yaesu (Reply #19)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:41 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
20. I moved here from California when I retired
I love it here!
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:55 PM
TlalocW (13,611 posts)
23. That's beautiful
It actually reminds me of parts of Kansas that I describe as beautiful in their desolation, where you can just see for miles across fields.
Do you make prints of your work, or is this more a private hobby? ![]() TlalocW |
Response to TlalocW (Reply #23)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:06 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
28. I don't make prints
I just retired recently and am getting back into painting again. I’ve been posting some here every week or so. That way it gets seen at least.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:00 PM
LiberalLovinLug (12,183 posts)
25. Beautiful. I love the composition too
Response to LiberalLovinLug (Reply #25)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:15 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
39. Thank you!
Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:01 PM
AllaN01Bear (4,863 posts)
26. ohm myyyyyy!!
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:02 PM
OregonBlue (6,640 posts)
27. So good. Love it.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:08 PM
secondwind (11,151 posts)
29. beautiful!
Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:18 PM
ALBliberal (1,773 posts)
40. Beautiful
I live in the Albuquerque foothills and am enthralled with the loveliness of our skies mountains and sunset.
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Response to ALBliberal (Reply #40)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:26 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
43. I live in Santa Fe
I love traveling down to Albuquerque and being able to see forever when storms are following each other across the horizon. It takes my breath away.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:18 PM
chillfactor (6,666 posts)
41. Awesome and so on target!
I live in New Mexico and I agree with everything you said in your post about our state and have often seen the clouds in your painting. Thank so much for your post and beautiful painting!
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Response to chillfactor (Reply #41)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:24 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
42. Thank you!
I have more skyscapes of NM. I plan to paint more too. The subject matter is ever changing in it’s splendor. Sky watching has been a lifelong passion of mine.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:31 PM
Duppers (21,132 posts)
44. Oh my, oh my!
Stunning.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:45 PM
TygrBright (18,502 posts)
45. Yes, that's JUST how it looks...
I've lost track of how many times I've explained to people that "those paintings of New Mexico scenery or skies that look fantasized or romanticized? THEY'RE PRACTICALLY PHOTOREALISTIC."
Yep. Just like that. happily, Bright |
Response to TygrBright (Reply #45)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:58 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
47. Thanks for seeing that.
NM skies are a thing all on their own. I will be painting them again and again.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:50 PM
Niagara (2,953 posts)
46. This is stunning, Lunatica
You are very talented.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 05:36 PM
fantase56 (277 posts)
49. very beautiful lunatica!
when I worked for the state of new mexico I spent a lot of hours driving all over. you're right about seeing massive storms miles away. part of my territory was down through Alamogordo and TorC. others areas were out through Grants and Gallup. got caught in a few of those storms.
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Response to fantase56 (Reply #49)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 05:47 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
52. Once driving from Gallup to Los Lunas we got
Last edited Fri Dec 6, 2019, 07:52 PM - Edit history (1) caught in a giant sand storm we were able to see coming from miles away. It must have been 100 miles across from what we could see. We just pulled over on the highway. When we were in it visibility was zero. All we could see was red.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 07:26 PM
JDC (7,546 posts)
54. Good light contrast
I really like your wheat. I know it's a pic of storm clouds, but I love when stuff out of focus is done well. Nice work!
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Response to JDC (Reply #54)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 07:30 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
55. I wanted to give the impression of strong wind
I couldn’t get it in the clouds themselves and I didn’t want to show the ground so the wind blown wheat was my choice.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 07:46 PM
Fragment (68 posts)
56. The Astonishingly beautiful sky
Is the reason New Mexico is my favorite state, among others!
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Response to Fragment (Reply #56)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 07:55 PM
lunatica (51,463 posts)
57. Mine too
I came from California which has gorgeous places but the skies are almost always blue with no clouds. One of the reasons I came was for the skies.
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Response to lunatica (Original post)
Sun Dec 15, 2019, 12:03 PM
bif (18,778 posts)
58. Wow! So dramatic!
Nicely done! I like the composition.
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