Ghost Ranch, October 2026

Reel presented at the artist's studio tour at the completion of Estudio Corazón.

Guardians (Abiquiu, NM, 2026)

An interpretation of and tribute to Hebé García's "Sisters of the Earth," a statue on display at the Abiquiu Inn in Abiquiu, NM. This image focuses the viewer's attention on the faces of the women versus the statues which show the women as they stride across the earth. Digital Art

Ghost House (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Ghost House was built by the Archuleta Brothers about 1881. In the shadows of its illustrious past is the murder of one brother by the other over hidden gold, and the surviving brother hanging from the cottowood tree in the yard.

Hiking Chimney Rock (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

" . . . more than one, not less than any . . . / the nearly-noon shadows recede & soon / mimsy’s in full sun, where i leave her, the light . . ." (from Kristin Lueke's "Ghost Ranch") Digital Photography

Dance of the Spruce (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Twisted trunks like dancers in the high desert wind. Digital Art

Thunderclouds Over Kitchen Mesa (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Alfred Stieglitz inspired Ansel Adams, and Ansel Adams inspired me. For them both, the clouds are a personal and spiritual connection to nature. And me . . . . Digital Photography

Fortitude (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Not exactly in a Japanese style, but similar in the play between light and dark, strength and resilience. Digital Art

Solitude (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

In the third space . . . we find quiet in the corners, in the dusk, in the presence of no one. Digital Photography

Source (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

We start in the physical world. But we remain there only for a moment before, perhaps, we move on to explore something bigger than ourselves. Digital Art

Pimientos y Cebollas (Abiquiu, NM, 2026)

Even a bowl of peppers and onions can be art. Digital Art

Cottonwoods (Abiquiu, NM, 2026)

The cottonwoods grow along the banks of the Rio Chama; they are at their brightest yellow at the end of October. Digital Art

Timber Point (Abiquiu, NM, 2026)

Pinos Wells / an abandoned pueblo now. / The presence of those who lived / in these crumbling / adobes /lingers in the air / like a picture / Removed / leaves its former presence on the wall (from Jimmy Santiago Baca's "Martin". Digital Art

A different perspective on Georgia O'Keeffe's Lavendar Hill Forms (1934).

Red Hills and Sky (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

A reimagining of Georgia O'Keeffe's painting of the same name from 1945. Digital Art

Gerald's Tree Under Red Sky (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

One day, Georgia O'Keeffe approached a dead twisted juniper tree. She noticed footprints made circling the tree and deduced that the Irish poet Gerald Heard, who was visiting Ghost Ranch that summer of 1934, had been dancing or meditating around the tree. From then on, the tree became Gerald's Tree. A deep-red sky might symbolize distress, in this case of an ecological nature. Digital Photography

Jodi Brewer, Sculptor (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Jodi Brewer at Work (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Inspired by the work of Jodi Brewer.

Landscape (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Inspired by the work of Jodi Brewer.

Cowboy en Plein Air (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

At any given time, you can find just about anyone painting the landscape at Ghost Ranch. Digital Photography

Prickley Pear (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

The "paddles", or the flat, fleshy segments store water and range in color from green to purple. Called "nopales" in Spanish. The spines and glochids are the large, sharp, barbed hair-like needles easily detach on contact. Digital Art

Donna Barnhill, Oil Painter (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Piñon Pine in Echo Amphitheater (Cebolla, NM, 2026)

Legend: a band of Navajo took two settler families hostage and executed them from the top of the amphitheater. Their blood spilled down the walls and is still visible today. The echoes returning off the walls are the anguished cries of the dead. Digital Art

Contemplation (Chama, NM, 2026)

The changing sunlight and interior shadows mirror the silent, contemplative rhythm of the monks' daily prayer services in the chapel of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert. Digital Photography

Rabbitbrush (Chama, NM, 2026)

A native Southwestern shrub in the form of dense, rounded bushes with silvery-green or gray-green stems that covers dry roadsides, arroyos, and disturbed soils. In late summer and fall, it erupts with bright golden-yellow flower clusters. Digital Art

Bell Tower (Chama, NM, 2026)

The bell tower of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert mirrors the natural shapes, contours, and rugged tones of the surrounding canyon cliffs and scree along the Chama River, fitting seamlessly into the desert landscape. Digital Art

In the Land of Giants (Abiquiu, NM, 2026)

We walk among the giants at Georgia O'Keeffe's "White Place". Digital Photography

The White Place (Abiquiu, NM, 2026)

Plaza Blanca dubbed by Georgia O'Keeffe as "The White Place." Digital Photography

Spheres (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Interpretation of the work of Kristen Mendenhall. Digital Art

Kristen Mendenhall, Sculptor

Red Sky (Ghost Ranch, NM, 2026)

Sunrise view from the artists' casitas. Digital Photography