Plein Air Landscapes

Plein Air Landscapes | Barb Clark

Rio Arriba Vistas
Oil, Linen, 12 x 16 x .25. Maybe one day I’ll get sick of painting at our property near Abiquiu but for now I’m still smitten. This was painted while we were getting a porch poured for the casita that might be a guest h…
Desert Volunteers
Oil, 8 x 10 x .25. Anyone who has tried to grow hollyhocks will probably agree with me that they grow exactly where they want to grow. In the crack of a sidewalk or in inhospitable red dirt. This plant was the later. An…
One Sunny Day
Oil, Linen, 11 x 14 x .25. This is another oil I painted on the property up north by Abiquiu. Fall is the best time of year. Sunshine, lovely light breezes, no bugs!!!! And the chamisa on the east side of our property i…
Falling for Calm
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. This oil was painted from the property that I keep yammering about up near Abiquiu where Ron and I have been trying to get a small house built. It’s been challenging and we probably should have…
The Guest House
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25
Purple Meets Green
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25
Here Comes The Sun!
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25
Before The Storm
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25
Red Earth
Oil, Panel, 10 x 10 x .25. One of my favorite spots in Abiquiu! Depending on the time of day, position of the sun or clouds, time of year, it’s always a bit different. I framed this one in a gold finish frame because I…
Head in the Clouds
Oil, Panel, 12 x 9 x .25
Slip Sliding Away
Oil, Canvas, 24 x 24 x .75
The Cow’s View
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25
The Overlook
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25
Summer Color
Oil, Linen, 10 x 10 x .25
Trees Kissing Hills
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25
Visiting Wonderland
Oil, Panel, 12 x 16 x .25. About half an hour up the road from me is a place called The Ojito Wilderness. Hikers and bicyclists and nature lovers go there. And maybe a painter or two! I painted this alongside gallery ma…
Hope Springs Eternal
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Boy, that title just says it all for me! Nicely framed in a 3.5” wide mahogany finish frame
Earl’s Stock Tank
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. The place up north that I keep writing about…droning on and on and on…is the place of my dreams. Or, it will be. Incredible views, quiet, clean air, and neighbors you don’t see. Earl owns about…
Colorful Language
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. I believe I’ve been accused (more than once) of using colorful language. And now I’m even painting with it! LOL!!! Wall ready, and nicely framed in a 3.5” wide mahogany finish frame.
Happy Thoughts!
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Title is self explanatory! painted on location at a sunflower field here in Corrales. framed nicely in a 3.5” wide mahogany finish frame
Navajo Brown
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25
Cool Shadows
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25
Those Moody Blues!
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. The more I get to know Abiquiu the more I understand that it is NEVER the same. If you’ve only seen it once or maybe a pilgrimage every year or so, you may not get to enjoy the difference in ho…
One Sunny Day
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. The title is pretty self explanatory. The place is Abiquiu of course! I never tire of this place. Wall ready and framed in a 3.5” wide mahogany finish frame.
That Golden Hour
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12 x 1.5. On the way home from Phoenix we stopped for an overnight in Sedona. It’s freaking gorgeous there! This is Cathedral Rock, just glowing before the sun went down. Framed nicely in a slim black…
Sandias so Blue
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Early one summer day I had the immense pleasure of getting to paint at the Rainbow Gardens here in Corrales. It is a U-pick flower field with some of my favorite flower characters: Zinnias, Sun…
Neighbors
Oil, Linen, 12 x 16 x .25. The house that we purchased just outside of Abiquiu has several neighbors. We can only partially see two of the three homes, and they appear about a 1/4 inch tall from our distance. So, this i…
Corny Goodness
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25. This is one of my favorite spots in Corrales, right along Corrales Road. This year they planted corn. The home on this little plot of corny goodness tells stories of more than one generation, a…
Abiquiu Pit Stop
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. I’m not the only one who loves Abiquiu! So, what it it? It’s not just the jaw dropping incredible geology of the place, it’s the clouds and the sky and the vast openness of it all. And it’s FRE…
Ode to Mr Trujillo
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. This painting is one of the spots that I feel just a little more comfortable not painting alone. It’s sort of set back, and because it’s set back, and perched on a ravine, people dump their tra…
Piñon with Clouds
Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10 x 1.5. It’s those damned piñons again! HONEY! SHES PAINTING PIÑONS AGAIN!!!! What can I say? 😊
Clouds a Movin
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12 x 1.5. On a hot summer day the place to paint is behind the dam on the Rio Chama in Abiquiu. It was a wee bit windy but absolutely beautiful, and as the title implies, the skies were busy that day.…
Mundane Abiquiu
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12 x 1.5. One of my favorite spots in my favorite area: monastery Road in Abiquiu, NM. I paint in Abiquiu a lot, and often I like to find new places, new scenes. But sometimes I need the comfort of the…
Made in the Shade
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. My plein air painting habit is like just about any other addiction. If I don’t get out to paint regularly I get….shall we say cranky? So on the dog days of summer I look for cool spots. This li…
Bright Imagination
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25
Georgia’s Wash
Oil, Panel, 12 x 16 x .25. This was painted from a spot on the backside of the Pedernal, where there are washes and hills and trails that I know have changed very little since Georgia O’Keefe walked along these washes.…
Canyon Quiet
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. This was painted from a boat ramp along the Colorado River, in Moab, Utah. There were canyon walls behind me, covered in the most incredible petroglyphs, and the only thing I could hear was the…
Sandstone Kissing Sky
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25
Near Onion Creek
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25
Prickly Friends
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25. We all have em…..Prickly Friends! LOL! Framed nicely in a 3.5” wide mahogany finish frame.
Luv Me Some Abiquiu
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25
Death Valley Pass
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25
Winter Wheat
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25. I don’t really think it was wheat that I was painting. I’m pretty sure it was dried weeds, but that’s one of the great things about being an artist…I can pretend it was wheat and paint it like…
Abiquiu Winters
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25. I know I’ve led a charmed life, and this is such a big part of it. I got to paint in Abiquiu on a crisp and sunny February day with two of my favorite people on earth. To have stumbled across m…
Peaceful Places
Oil, Linen, 8 x 10 x .25
Desert Bindu
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25
DesertColors
Oil, Linen, 8 x 10 x .25
Abiquiu Jewels
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25. We all love to share the things we love with others. On this fine Fall day I got to take two of my favorite people (and Kota, may favorite canine) on the full 13 miles of Monastery Road in Abiq…
Sandia Glow
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. This is actually the home of a friend. She has a great sense of color and I love the “crown” sorta thing around the entrance to her gate. This one afternoon the light was just perfect, and her…
New Mexico Warm
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. November had arrived, the clocks were set back, we were all feeling that winter hibernation thing coming on, and some painter friends suggested we sneak out to a favorite spot for some Plein ai…
Desert Jewels
Oil, Linen, 11 x 14 x .25
Aqua Skies
Oil, Linen, 12 x 9 x .25
Chama Glow
Oil, Linen, 12 x 16 x .25
Gentle Days
Oil, Linen, 8 x 10 x .25. I never was much of a camper. And while I was also never a high maintenance sort of persona, I’d prefer white sheets and a blow dryer to an air mattress and campfire! Until I found this propert…
Chamisa Singing Loudly
Oil, Linen, 8 x 10 x .25. Every year it seems when the chamisa are in bloom,I have a million other distractions until finally, I’ve missed the opportunity to paint them. Well, in2023 I have made it my priority. I am luc…
Chamisa Reaching
Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1.5. The Chamisa was so grand this year! I keep painting and playing and doing my best to convey the playfulness and the gesture of these beautiful wild bushes. This was painted on site, at the pr…
Yes! Purple!
Oil, Linen, 8 x 10 x .25
Listen to the Wind
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25
Down by the River
Oil, Linen, 12 x 9 x .25
Community Garden
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Boy I wish this was MY garden this year! It isn’t. There is however, a community garden here in Corrales that enjoys the shade of several big cottonwood trees and plenty of water. It is well te…
Leaning In
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25. The title, “Leaning In” is about so many things, but mostly it’s about leaning into love. Letting go. Experimenting. Being vulnerable. All that scary stuff! LOL! Several years ago I was so comp…
Singing Loudly
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25. This is my exaggeration of a spot looking south at the Amphitheater off of 84 in Abiquiu. Maybe just a smidge of an exaggeration! Framed nicely in a 3.5 inch wide deep mahogany frame.
The Great Outdoors
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. I titled this The Great Outdoors because as a Plein air painter, I generally prefer being outdoors. My larger pieces are painted in the comfort of my studio but when I need to be outside, nothi…
Beyond the Beyond
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Our ranchito up in Northern New Mexico has an abandoned cow gathering structure thingy. Clearly I’m no rancher! Anyway, there are lots of fence posts that lead to nowhere other than the beyond.…
The Farm Stand
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. This was my morning painting during the Corrales Garden Tour. This is the lovely view from behind The Farm Stand, which BTW was wonderful coffee, pastries, and a shady spot to sit and visit wit…
Spring Fickle
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. On this absolutely lovely Spring afternoon I set out to paint and not five minutes after I arrived a storm threatened. The light got really weird, where the mountains to the east were dark and…
Growy Things
Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24 x 1.5. What a long cold winter 2022/2023 was! It was unusually cloudy, cold and dreary. So, at the first signs of Spring I was out there, soaking up the sunshine while being blown around like a wind…
Skies so Blue
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25
The Studio
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. This will be the first of many paintings of this subject! Several days before Christmas 2022, Ron and I closed on a property just outside of Abiquiu. I feel like a mother, so in love with her c…
The Color of Winter
Oil, Linen, 9 x 12 x .25. The winter of 2022 is one of the coldest I can remember of my 27 years in New Mexico. The heater is constantly gobbling up propane, and I’m still cold! So, what the hell…if I’m gonna be cold I…
Three of Many Heroes
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. In the Fall of 2022 I had a medical issue that was treated at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix and Scottsdale. There were three individuals in particular who had a major impact, although there were many…
Garden Riot
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. This was painted during the 2022 Corrales Garden Tour. People were eager to get OUT after two years of Covid. I was squeezed into a little tiny corner at this absolutely LOVELY garden, and peop…
Being Present
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. 2022 was full of twists and turns for me. Some wonderful, and some not so much. There were lots of lessons, with one of the biggest being to just pay attention. Take it all in…the good and the…
Fantasy Island
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. How could I resist the title. And it’s just a bunch of old people like me who even remember what Fantasy Island was, but that’s what struck me. This is a land mass that became an island during…
Campsite #34
Oil, Linen, 11 x 14 x .25. At the beginning of the pandemic I started researching Class B camper vans. I figured the gallery was closed anyway, so why not drive around in the safety of my own pod and paint to my hearts…
Yellow Really Suits You!
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x .25. I have the pleasure of lots of other like minded painters here in the Albuquerque area. On this fine morning, Dee Sanchez invited me and Michelle Chrisman for a garden extravaganza at Dee’s nei…
Spring Colors
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. This painting is part of the “Amigas de los Colores” exhibit at The Abiquiu Inn through July 2022. If you are interested in this work I am happy to call the Inn to inquire if it’s still availab…
A Sunny Disposition
Oil, Panel, 12 x 9 x .25
In Wonderland
Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24 x 1.5. I have a few old favorite spots in Abiquiu, and this is one of them. Like so many scenes there, the colors keep changing with every cloud, every season, just blink and it has changed. This pi…
Cloud Speaks to Earth
Oil, Panel, 12 x 9 x .25. Painted on site at the amphitheater just north of Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu. Offered framed in a 3” wide brushed gold wooden frame.
Springtime Whispy-ness
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. Framed nicely in a 3.5” wide mahogany finish Plein air frame.
Placitas Gold
Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. This juicy palette knife painting isn’t short on color! Painted from one of the trailheads in Placitas, New Mexico and a perfect Spring afternoon. Sunny, with a slight breeze, and mid 70’s. This piec…
Chamisal Guardians
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12
Supper Call
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12
What Still Is
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. Part of the charm of the Village of Corrales, is that these homes still exist. For me, these authentic, well loved homes evoke memories of grandmothers and family gatherings that were so large they s…
Sandia Pastels
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. Painted on a chilly winter day on Tres Pistolas Trail in the Sandias. I’m not known for my restraint with color, but this scene called for it.
Looking for Buds
Oil, Panel, 11 x 14
Corner Adobe
Oil, Panel, 12 x 9
Abiquiu Afternoon
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12
Pink Evening Light
Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. A personal favorite from a 2016 cross country trip. Met the nicest man who owned most of the land that you see here in the foreground. Beautiful countryside and beautiful light that night.
Woodland Communications
Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. Painted on a recent trip to Hesperus, Colorado. I could not stop noticing the telephone pole and how out of place it seemed in this beautiful and natural setting. So I honored it!
Jemez Houses
Oil, Panel, 11 x 14
Cowgirl Country
Oil, Panel, 5 x 10
Where Katie Lives
Oil, Canvas, 6 x 12
Spring in my Step
Oil, Linen, 8 x 10 x .25