Art and Life

Please Visit My New Website

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 04:24:00 +0000

Please Visit My New Website

at:

https://www.chrisbundyart.com

Chris Bundy Art

Thanks - Looking Forward To Your Visit

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 03:52:00 +0000

Capilla

9x12

Oil on Panel

I'm very happy with this new painting and it looks great in it's frame.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 01:06:00 +0000

Grand Opening

Friday, August 21, 2015

6-8 pm

Taos, New Mexico

All information is above.

It's an exciting weekend, taking 30 various paintings to the gallery

for hanging. Lots of activity with all represented artists bringing their

work; a bee hive of activity.

Both Steve and I have work in Taos' newest gallery.

Looking forward to the Grand Opening party.

If you're in the area, please stop in and say hi.

Mabel's Wall

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 01:47:00 +0000

Mabel's Wall

6"x8"

Oil on Panel

This is from last winter. I've started using a new brand of smooth panel and love the way they take the paint.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:30:00 +0000

Adobe and Hollyhocks

8"x10"

- Happy Announcement -

this August I'll be represented by a new gallery coming to Taos

The Amore Gallery

I'm very excited to be included in their lineup of

wonderful artists working in a variety of media

Painting

Photography

Sculpture

Jewelry

Pottery

Opening approximately mid-August 2015

At 110 Paseo del Pueblo Norte - Suite D

Árbol Grande

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 03:19:00 +0000

Árbol Grande

20"x20"

Oil on Canvas

Instead of something small for the 30 in 30 challenge today, I finished a painting that has been waiting for my attention. This one will be going to the gallery when it dries.

The Pear

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:56:00 +0000

The Pear

5"x7"

Oil on Panel

$50

(Includes domestic US shipping)

To purchase please email:

chris.bundy@gmail.com

Oranges II

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 23:40:00 +0000

Oranges II

5"x7"

Oil on Canvas

$50

(including domestic US shipping)

If you'd like to purchase

Please email: chris.bundy@gmail.com

These vibrant colors really appeal to me so I'm doing the oranges again. Love practicing each day, getting the brushes in my hands and having fun with paint.

Aguacate

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 23:34:00 +0000

6"x6"

Oil on Panel
$50
(Includes domestic US shipping)
If you'd like to purchase
Please email: chris.bundy@gmail.com

01.05.15

Today's effort. Something small while I wait for large painting I started yesterday to dry.

New Painting - 20"x24" - Oil on Canvas

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 01:22:00 +0000

Third day of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge and I'm heading off in another direction; that's so me. :D. Actually the whole idea behind 30 in 30 is to get you painting, so it's all good!

This morning I got an idea for a new painting and I prefer to paint big, so this is my start on a new 20"x24" canvas. I don't know about you, but I love seeing the painting emerge from the canvas.

This is the initial, day 1, block in. Eventually it will be a snow scene, but I won't add light colors until today's efforts dry.

Oranges

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:38:00 +0000

5"x7"

Oil on Panel

$50

(includes domestic US shipping)

To Purchase - Please Email:
chris.bundy@gmail.com

30 in 30

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:50:00 +0000

January 1, 2015 is the start of a new 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge. This challenge was started by Leslie Saeta and I believe there are over 800 artists worldwide who have signed up to participate. There are no rules other than have fun! If I miss a day, no sweat. This is simply a tool to get me motivated and in the mode of painting everyday.

As you can see from the painting below this post, I started on the 2nd, so I'm already blazing my own trail.

Here's my picture of my workspace/studio.

Leslie Saeta Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:11:00 +0000

Hollyhocks

6"x8"
Oil on Panel
$50 (includes domestic US shipping)

Day 2

30 Paintings in 30 Days

To purchase this painting (unframed) please email

chris.bundy@gmail.com

Brand New Painting - In Progress

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:36:00 +0000

Hi! I'm so happy to be back; I got locked out of my blog and it's taken all this time to find my way back in. Huge thanks to my husband, Steve, for not giving up!

Here's my newest painting, it's still in progress and needs work but I wanted to post it as it's my newest work.

Thank you all for hanging in there, I still get a few hits each week even though I've been absent so long. I appreciate your interest and feel certain I can get in and update my blog again.

The Cup Series

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:23:00 +0000

Cup on Plate

8x8

Oil on Canvas

Welcome to the Cup Series. I had so much fun painting my favorite cup that I've decided to do a series of small paintings using the cup as the focus. As you can see, this one incorporates a plate.

I'm looking forward to seeing where this takes me, usually don't like to paint the same subject over and over but for some reason I'm enjoying this.

If you like this painting, I'm offering it for $95 plus shipping (unframed). Email me if you're interested. Or, if you like any of the other paintings on this blog let me know and we'll work something out.

Winter Willows

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:41:00 +0000

Winter Willows

9x12

Oil on Raymar Panel

I'm currently participating in a monthly Challenge Painting hosted by Dee Sanchez, a wonderful artist in Albuquerque. She put a group of artists together and we all agreed to do our version of the reference photograph she sends us each month.

This painting is one of those challenges and the reference photo just happened to be one of my husband's images. Steven Bundy Photography.

Orange is one of my favorite colors and the vibrant colors of the reference photo against the snow was both beautiful and challenging.

If you'd like to see the challenge page and the other interpretations please click on the picture (above).

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:35:00 +0000

Field Hand

6"x8"

Oil on Panel

Here's one of my newest paintings. It has a looser more free style that I've been shooting for. This little study shows me that I'm there.

A friend and I decided to do an "Almost Daily Painting" this new year; so we're painting away. Hopefully I'll be able to keep my blog more up-to-date.

Happy New Year! Hope 2013 will be a wonderful, magical year for you!

Our First Snow - Taos, New Mexico

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:27:00 +0000

This photo was taken by my husband, Steve Bundy,

a very talented professional photographer.

Click on the photo above to visit his web site.

You'll have no trouble telling his photographs from the ones I take

with my phone and iPad.

Those of you who live in areas of the country that have snow in the winter might not understand my excitement at our first snow - please bear with me. This is new to me.

Yesterday it snowed all day and was wonderful to watch. At some point during the night the clouds went away and without that cover it got COLD! A lot colder than it was when it was actually snowing. This morning at 7:30 am it was sunny and bright and minus 12 degrees.

Morning Shadows - Chris Bundy

Late this afternoon it got up to 30 degrees, most of the snow in town was melting - all the cars had pretty much cleared the roads, at least the main ones. However, as the sun went down and it got colder the wet patches turned to ice making walking very challenging.

I've never lived in an area where I had to contend with snow - southern California only has two weather options, nice and even nicer . You never have to consider the weather when making plans; it's always OK to go outside.

Welcome to the mountains of northern New Mexico. The weather is always something to take into account. The saying "if you don't like the weather just wait 5 minutes" is true! Taos is not a very big place and the weather can be different depending upon which part of town you're in. It really is amazing. When it started snowing the Taos groups on Facebook were active with posts about what was happening in different neighborhoods. Strangely we got snow in downtown before the north parts of Taos.

This winter, my first "real" winter, will be a huge learning curve for me. I'm not sure how it will go because I've never been a big fan of snow. I want to learn to love it, the state has been in a drought for a couple of years and the Rio Grande could really use the water - so like everyone else around here I'm praying for rain and lots of snow. Also, Taos is a major ski destination, the tourists/skiers are very important to our economy - so please Universe, send us lots of beautiful powder and get those skiers up on the mountain.

I've been saying that at the first sign of snow I would head into my studio and come out in the spring with a new body of work. I'm not going outside! Happily, I currently have 5 paintings in various stages of completion as well as ideas for at least 5 more. The new ideas involve fairly large canvases so I have more than enough to keep me busy for awhile.

Since I don't have anything painting-wise to show yet - I'll include pictures of snow and a short video; made with my iPad yesterday - I love my iPad.

Thanks for stopping by and spending a few minutes reading, looking at pictures and watching the video. I wish you Very Happy Holidays! Are you as surprised as I am that 2013 is just days away?

I'm Back! :o)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:27:00 +0000

Hollyhocks and Shadows

8"x10"

Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Hi - I haven't posted anything in a very long time because we made the move to New Mexico.

Due to all the work involved in totally changing your life I haven't been painting until recently. To get back in the flow I'm participating in an online painting group of New Mexico artists. Our fearless leader, Albuquerque artist Dee Sanchez, provides a picture and everyone in the group paints their version then submits a picture which Dee posts to a blog. Its brand new, so far we've done one painting and are on our second. This is my latest. I'm very happy with the way it turned out - hope you like it too.

If you're interested in seeing the blog with the work of all the artists - there are 30 of us - please

click on this link: http://www.letspaintnewmexico.com

The Ice Cream Cone

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:48:00 +0000

Ice Cream Cone

12x16 Oil on Canvas

Here's my newest painting, an ode to Wayne Thiebaud, a long-time favorite artist. I've admired his style and decided to give it a try - I'm so happy with the result that I plan to spend some time on these seemingly easy one character still life subjects.

It looks simple and seems easy but can be deceptively challenging in practice. I enjoyed this painting from start to finish and since it was done as a study - a practice piece just for me - the pressure was off. Clearly I must find a way to get my mind into that attitude for every painting. Just relax and enjoy the process, get over myself. :o)

The Red Truck - Update

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:05:00 +0000

The Red Truck

(new and improved version)

12"x12" Oil on Canvas

When I posted this on Sunday I thought it was finished - then this afternoon I decided the background needed to be darker. As you can see, I think it makes the red pop in a good way. So, here is what I now believe is the finished painting.

Red Truck

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:40:00 +0000

Red Truck

12"x12" Oil on Canvas

Here is my newest finished piece. I love these old 1950's "round nose" trucks - my dream car. It was fun to paint - so much different than my usual landscapes. And the chrome wasn't nearly as challenging as I thought it might be.

Along the Road Less Traveled

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:50:00 +0000

11"x14" Oil on Panel

"Abandoned Gas Station"

After 5 weeks in New Mexico away from my easel I returned and am in the process of finishing 3 paintings that were going when we left. Here's the first one, an old abandoned gas station, overgrown with weeds. I know it's natural that all things crumble and fade back into nature - but it's sad somehow. I love old gas stations, don't know why. I've always thought it would be great to turn one into an art studio and gallery.

Ramona Oak Tree

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:43:00 +0000

Ramona Oak Tree 12"x24" Oil on canvas

Just finished this one - that oak tree was challenging! I thought it was going to be the easy part - guess I should know by now that the parts I think will be easy are always the learning experiences. :D

First Attempt at Impressionist Textures

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:53:00 +0000

I'm between paintings right now so decided to play around and practice impressionistic style and texture. My play session turned out pretty well - I'm happy with this small study (6"x6") and looking forward to incorporating more of this style in all of my paintings. Loosening up has been a long time goal and I think I'm finally getting it.