Santa Fe Fence

If you're a regular reader, you know that we spent the month of June in a condo in Santa Fe.  The weather was pleasant throughout our stay and we spent a lot of time on the backyard patio.  The patio and a portion of the backyard was enclosed with a cedar fence, which was likely the same vintage as the condo itself, 30 years give or take.

The fence has aged beautifully, has interesting grain patterns and faded areas.  

The last few days of our stay, I was admiring that fence a lot, thinking:

 that would make a great painting.

  Besides the fence, our Canyon Road art walk and the paintings of Barbara Meikle (My Idol, posted 6/28/13) helped get the creative juices flowing.  Ultimately, those juices morphed into a whole mess of acrylic paint that looks like this:

Santa Fe Fence

Acrylic on hardboard, 32'' x 42"

October, 2013