New Painting: “NM Museum of Art”
March 29, 2010 at 9:30 am 2 comments
My dream trip to Santa Fe last fall yielded a whole new direction for my art: I started painting buildings. You can see the other paintings I’ve completed so far of Santa Fe buildings here and here.
This painting depicts the New Mexico Museum of Art, located right in Santa Fe. The museum is housed in a graceful and traditional New Mexico adobe-style building. I took lots of photos both of the exterior and the courtyards. We had a little spot of luck that day: some genuine sunlight. Most of the trip had been cloudy, but that day we had some sun. Everything looks better in the sunlight!
"NM Museum of Art" by Barbara J Carter, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 14x11"
This view is from the museum’s main courtyard, looking up at the museum’s second story. I loved the play of shadows and sunlight across the walls. The pink glow of the adobe in the sun contrasting with the deep shadows of the heavy wooden beams really struck my fancy.
This painting is for sale. You can find purchasing information here.
If you go to Santa Fe, I highly recommend visiting the New Mexico Museum of Art. It’s not too overwhelmingly huge like some museums can be. You can ramble around and enjoy the beautiful building, the grounds, and the art on display at a leisurely pace.
Barbara J Carter 
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kmenaart | March 29, 2010 at 11:01 am
Nice! I live in the southwest, and you have really captured the way the sun reflects off buildings in a very unique way.
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barbarajcarter | March 29, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Thanks! The light on a building isn’t so different from the light on a hillside, so this is a more-or-less natural extension of what I’d been doing earlier.