Featured Artist: Lorenzo Chavez!

Landscape painting, path, brush, trees, mountains, pastel, Lorenzo Chavez artist — *The Days Ahead* by Lorenzo Chavez 18″ x 24″ Pastel

Lorenzo Chavez – a fabulous artist. You may have read about him in one of the many art magazines including (but not limited to), Plein Air, Southwest Art, Artists Magazine, American Art Review, etc. Lorenzo also teaches workshops, so if you’re wanting to perfect/learn he would be a great one to take a workshop from. More info below!

Isn’t The Days Ahead a gorgeous painting? Lorenzo can work magic with pastels. I think this scene is so stunning. It grabbed me right away. The clouds are perfection, both billowy and ominous with hints of a blue sky saying “everything is going to be just fine”. The dark landscape in the distance is so striking against the light sky. The path leads your eye through the painting so nicely. This is a beauty! Check out the rest of Lorenzo’s work – so many wonderful paintings!

Lorenzo has a great website, so be sure to check it out!

LORENZO CHAVEZ

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About the Artist (via Lorenzo’s website):

LORENZO CHAVEZ – Artist’s Statement

My art reflects my deep and spiritual passion for the Landscape of the American West. My hope is that the qualities represented in the art traditions of American painters such as the Taos Society of Artists, Maynard Dixon, Edgar Payne, Ned Jacob and the Native American Indians and Hispanic cultures are also echoed in my work.

I was born and raised in the southern most point of the Rockies in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Through the years, while searching for subject matter, I have realized there are many similarities throughout the Rockies. I love the deep blue of the vaulting sky, clouds that float and dance, rabbit brush, Chamisa, pinon, pine and juniper, the willows that line the stream banks, the granite in the mountain ranges, aspens and the endless seas of grasses are all subjects for my ever-exploring eyes. I strive to represent landscapes that have a timeless appeal to them. I want the emotion I feel to come through in the surface textures of the art. The colors, textures and light of the western landscape inspire and guide my work. It is the simple glimpses into nature that move me to create. Wallace Stegner said it in brevity of words, “A few cottonwoods, the gurgle of water in a creek or ditch, can have as profound effect on me as the grandest view.”

You can read more about Lorenzo on his website – I would say Lorenzo has more than achieved the timeless aspect of painting! Beautiful…