"Flower Power" 12 x 16
"Taos Gorge II" 20 x 16 (SOLD)
"Tellurider" 11 x 14
"Broken Dreams" 12 x 16
"Geronimo!" 11 x 14 (SOLD)
"Golden Girl" 11 x 14 (SOLD)
"Oliver Lee" 9 x 12 plein air (SOLD)
"Head in the Clouds"24 x 18
"Railyards" 9 x 12 (SOLD)
"Chama Tracks" 9 x 12
"Manzano View" 8 x 10
"Red River" 8.5 x 11 (SOLD)
"Puerta de Luna" 8.5 x 11
"NM 104" 11 x 14 (SOLD)
"4th of July" 8 x 10
"Murphy's Big Adventure" (SOLD)
“But A Moment’s Sunlight” (SOLD)
“Happy Trails” 8.5 x 11
“Thistle Dew” 14 x 20
“Reflections” 11 x 14 (SOLD)
“Saints Preserve Us!” 11 x 14 (SOLD)
“Villanueva Fixer” 11 x 14 (SOLD)
“Taos Blues” 9 x 12 (SOLD)
“Overlook Garden” 9 x 12 (SOLD)
“John Ford Slept Here 2” 11 x 14 (SOLD)
“River of Souls” 8 x 10
“Long In The Horn” 11 x 14
“Nightfall Bernalillo” 16 x 12
John DeSpain lives and works in Placitas, New Mexico.
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Back Stories
This is “John Ford Slept Here 2”, a pastel painting from a trip to Monument Valley. It was after a rare rain, and I wanted to invoke the light streaming across the rugged landscape that director Ford captured in the many classic westerns he filmed here.
“Saints Preserve Us!”, a pastel painting of a curious structure we encountered near Chacon, NM. It was standing alone just off the road surrounded by overgrown grass, and it looked to be quite old. What is it exactly - a church, a cabin, a storage shed? New Mexico True.
“Villanueva Fixer” - This great old building is across the street from the general store in ‘downtown’ Villanueva, NM. I started this one in a workshop by Nancie King Mertz, a renowned pastel artist, and finished it in my home studio. I like how the tin roof came out!