Where The Water Was

One of the many things I love about living in New Mexico is that you can look just about anywhere for landscape inspiration. The reference for this painting was a dry arroyo along a major US highway not all that far from my home. It was Spring, and one could see where last year's vegetation had thrived along where there had been some intermittent water during the last growing season. Echoes of the recent past, before new growth would completely change the look of this vista, at least until the autumn and winter comes again.