Watermelon Clouds
© John Farnsworth 2006Our friend Kathy Dunham is visiting from Palm Desert this week to discuss our Workshop that we'll be co-teaching next May in France. (See http://johnfarnsworth.com/workshops.htm for details).
This afternoon, as the gallery roof was being repaired, Thea actually was able to take off a couple of hours early, so we all made a quick run down to Albuquerque to see the Blumenschein exhibition. We only had about an hour and a half at the museum, but it was well worth the trip, as we saw many paintings by this early Taos Master. Some were new to me, and others were like seeing old friends. Some I had known only from books, and it was exciting to see the originals. I tried to pick a favorite, but could only narrow the selection down to about five.
On the way home we drove through Corrales, and at sunset the entire sky went wild with color. We were lucky enough to find a parking lot that afforded us views without telephone poles and light standards in the way, and Kathy and I both fired off a number of shots. Although the focus of our attention was on the biggest, brightest cloud, off to the north of us, and extending overhead, I managed to grab this quick, small detail to the east with the Sandias in the bottom of the frame. The Mountains on the north eastern edge of Albuquerque are called Sandias because of the color they frequently take on at sunset. Sandia is Spanish for watermelon. Tonight, the mountains were in shadow, but the clouds certainly lived up to the name, and I liked the way they gave the picture a sense of place.
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Labels: Albuquerque, blue, Clouds, evening, mountain, New Mexico, pink, Sandias, sunset
Promenade des Anglais
