Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
The Open Studios Tour was so eventful for me that it is challenging to describe it--to detail it in such a way as to paint a proper picture. Maybe I'm better with paint than with words.
There were: Two days of nearly nonstop visiting. Rain. Rain. Rain! Beautiful cloudy skies slung low over the mountains, over trees and homes. Our intrepid art travelers had a midtown cluster of places to visit, including mine, and it was nice to know that we had community for a weekend.
Thank you to everyone who came by. Thank you to my dear fellow artist bloggers. Thank you to the two collectors who bought two of my paintings:
Ghost Ranch Ancestors 2011
Ghost Ranch Ancestors 18" x 18," on cradled oil panel--Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
and
Mostly Harmless 2009
Mostly Harmless 2009 oil on canvas--Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
Thank you to the nationally know visitors, the art savvy visitors, the elegant artists who work in the art world, and thank you to the representative from the Grand Canyon Association.
Because I try to emulate
Cesar Millan's insights, not only with my dogs, but also as a metaphor for my own psychic well being, I am going forward.
A well balanced dog Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
I mean, what's a well balanced dog to do? When I walk with them, I look down at their beautiful heads and can almost hear them say, Go forward, Go forward, Go! And so, I do.
Here is a beginning:
Abiquiu Opening oil on canvas 30" x 30" Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
The walk is the discipline. The journey is calming--even more than any destination. Being present translates excitement into quiet happiness, peace. After all, "excitement is not happiness"--Cesar Millan.
Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
Wishing you all peace. Go forward! The walk will do you good.
Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
The Open Studios Tour was so eventful for me that it is challenging to describe it--to detail it in such a way as to paint a proper picture. Maybe I'm better with paint than with words.
There were: Two days of nearly nonstop visiting. Rain. Rain. Rain! Beautiful cloudy skies slung low over the mountains, over trees and homes. Our intrepid art travelers had a midtown cluster of places to visit, including mine, and it was nice to know that we had community for a weekend.
Thank you to everyone who came by. Thank you to my dear fellow artist bloggers. Thank you to the two collectors who bought two of my paintings:
Ghost Ranch Ancestors 2011
Ghost Ranch Ancestors 18" x 18," on cradled oil panel--Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
and
Mostly Harmless 2009
Mostly Harmless 2009 oil on canvas--Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
Thank you to the nationally know visitors, the art savvy visitors, the elegant artists who work in the art world, and thank you to the representative from the Grand Canyon Association.
Because I try to emulate Cesar Millan's insights, not only with my dogs, but also as a metaphor for my own psychic well being, I am going forward.
A well balanced dog Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
I mean, what's a well balanced dog to do? When I walk with them, I look down at their beautiful heads and can almost hear them say, Go forward, Go forward, Go! And so, I do.
Here is a beginning:
Abiquiu Opening oil on canvas 30" x 30" Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
The walk is the discipline. The journey is calming--even more than any destination. Being present translates excitement into quiet happiness, peace. After all, "excitement is not happiness"--Cesar Millan.
Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
Wishing you all peace. Go forward! The walk will do you good.
Rincon Peak Winter Snow October 2011 Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
Windy Point and I do Have One Image © 2010 Melinda S. Esparza
Ghost Ranch Cliff 8" x 8" on oil panel--Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
Ghost Ranch Ancestors 18" x 18" on cradled oil panel--Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
Ghost Ranch Mesa 30" x 30" on oil panel--Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
She Wore New Earrings Image © 2011 Melinda S. Esparza
