Here are some works of art created using gouache on wood.
Art is noticing details when you least expect to see them.
Callejon en Guanajuato – 2005
Mercado de Moredlia – 1997
Virgin de Guadalupe – 2008
This particular work is a sample of a small gouache on wood landscape from the top of Atalaya.
Santa Fe vista from Atalya – 2008
Plaza de Talpa – 1997
Art Inspired by Mexico
This painting was created during my graduate school days. I was inspired by the colonial architecture of many towns in Mexico
Mercado de Talpa – 1998
Painting in Gouache on oak wood
Plaza de Guanjuato – 2006
I enjoy the versatility of painting with gouache on wood. You can sand away mistakes and revisit color and color blending just by adding water to the surface.
Bailando por Ti – 1998
Mercado de Guanajuato
2005
Callejon en Guanajuato
2005
Hotel en Patzcuaro
2005
Mi Capilla – 2006
Tango Dancers on the Santa Fe Plaza – 2012
Gloria en Baile folklórico – 2013
Virgen de Guadalupe Retablo – 2023
Mount Taylor from NMSU Grants Campus – 2018
Holiday Card with painted image of NMSU Grants – 2021
Paintings in Acrylics and Oils
Portrait in Acrylic – 2017
What is my process working on smaller projects?
I often will work from photos, but I typically start out with small thumbnail sketches for my paintings. I like to draw simple line sketches where I work out the dimensions of the painting and I may even use a graphing process to transfer an sketch onto a larger piece of wood or canvas.
What is my favorite medium
I prefer working with gouache on wood for it allows for many types of modifications. I can add pieces of wood, sand the wood, use different types of wood and I don’t seal the wood with a gesso wash. I prefer to paint directly on the wood and use the color of the wood for my ground.
What is the typical size of my art work?
I prefer to work on small managable wood blocks or panels. When I first started experimenting with painting on wood, I was drawing inspiration from the Retablo makers of Northern New Mexico. I have joined panels of wood to make paintings as large as six feet wide, and I have created murals with the largest one being 27 feet long by 8 feet tall. It is on the NMSU Grants Campus in a resource room for writing. I have also painted a movable mural on panels with students. That painting is a collection of different witdth panels that add up to about 20 feet of a panoramic view of Grants New Mexico.
What are my other creative endeavors?
I like to build things out of wood. My secondary area in graduate school was sculpture and I primarily worked with wood. Since 2007 I have created small parade floats for the Desfile de Niños in Santa Fe, and I have combined my wood working skills to build the frames of the quite fanciful parade floats made with card board and mixed media.
Santa Fe Pet Parade Tree Float for 2023
