San Jose Church

9x7 watercolor painted last week on 80 lb sketchbook paper from one of my southwest mission style photos. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

San Patricio Church

14x11 watercolor of the tiny Catholic church located in San Patricio, New Mexico, where we went to do some on location, or plein air painting.  This is off main Highway 70  from Roswell to Ruidoso and is reputed to be the oldest Catholic building in the country.  Its white and green are lush against the September sky and landscape as it sits watching over the small cemetery in front.  This work is SOLD.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Rancho de Taos Spring Sky - Snyder TX demo

15x22 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper done this morning for the Snyder TX Palette Club.  Using my photo of the infamous Rancho de Taos St. Francis Assis in New Mexico, I left the church white, not brown as in real life.  Also I gave it a red roof. A stormy Spring sky was already in place when visiting there in 2007 after doing the Intensive Studies Seminar.  This is the building Georgia O'Keefe made famous.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.