Pueblo Mission

Pueblo Mission

Sometimes, I use my artistic license, which I did to create this contemporary new wall art. This original Pueblo Mission was a white church. However, I thought it would look better with the orange hues the way I painted it. I loved this image so much that I painted two other skies in watercolor to change the entire look and create a different canvas piece of art. Once I did that, I used Photoshop to move the church over to the other two original watercolor skies I created. One was a vibrant winter purple sky with snow all around, and the other had vivid yellow heavens at sunset, which showed the cross at the top of the steeple.

Adobe Look

Look closely to see the technique I used while painting this wall art. The first thing to do is to mask anything that isn’t the building. Masking Fluids prevent the paper from absorbing the color. I applied a mask before using a wash to protect areas I wanted to remain white. Next, using a 2″ broad brush while the paper is wet, I put down the colors of yellow, orange, red, and cobalt blue, one after the other. This way, they could blend. I then sprinkled kosher salt to absorb some of the pigment. When the paint dried, I wiped away the salt. This technique was used for Drums & Mocassins, Mondays, Taos Pueblo, and San Ysidro, to name a few.

Monument Valley

When I created this watercolor, the original background was mountainous. Since Monument Valley is such an iconic spiritual place in the southwest, and I love painting it, I added it to the setting. I think you’ll also enjoy my 10′ x 3′ version of “John Ford Point”! I

Massive adobe walls

Pueblo Mission is a quaint village that has been a farming community since 1699 when Juan Trujillo established a settlement named San Ysidro, or Saint Isidore the Farmer. This style of architecture is very ordinary in the southwest. However, like many New Mexico churches, it has massive adobe walls, carved vigas, and supporting corbel arches. Canvas and metal art prints of this wall decor are offered on this art website. 

Wall Art related to New Mexico

Taos Vigas   Drums & Moccasins   San Miguel Mission   Sandoval Snow  

Santa Clara  Sunbird     San Ysidro    Transient Sky   Mondays   Monument Valley   Taos Pueblo 

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My first love was painting with watercolors; however, my medium of choice now is heavy body and liquid acrylics. Discover my vivid, mystical landscape paintings here.