E Allen Fine Art

10/10/2026

Fresh off the easel. 🎨

I painted this one from a reference photo by from her workshop. She demoed this scene in class, and I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I took it home and kept going.

What hooked me was the light pouring down into the wash between those canyon walls, and all the violet in the shadows.

Oil, 9x12. This one's staying with me. Thank you, Kathleen, for the inspiration and the great teaching!

10/07/2026

From initial graphite value sketch to layered red rock textures: the full oil painting progression of a desert canyon. Which stage takes the most patience for you?

09/25/2026

Days 3 and 4 of the landscape oil painting workshop: palette knife techniques, canyon studies, and capturing glowing sunset clouds. How did my sunset study turn out compared to the demo?

09/23/2026

09/14/2026

The latest in my high desert paintings. This is a view from our property in Santa Fe. It’s such an amazing place. It’s hard to do it justice.

09/12/2026

This is what’s on the easel now. There’s been a lot of pushing and pulling on this one but it’s getting much closer to being finished. I’m getting loads more comfortable in this medium!

08/04/2026

Just finished this commission — a high desert landscape in gouache, with cholla cactus blooming in the foreground and layers of hills fading into the Jemez mountains.

I love painting commissions like this because it’s a chance to translate someone’s connection to a place onto paper — not just the view, but the feeling of being there.

If you have a landscape you’d love to see painted, I’m currently taking new commissions — send me a message!

07/26/2026

High Desert Series, no. 5 — gouache on paper. This is the morning view right from home, piñon and juniper rolling out toward the Sangre de Cristos, with my neighbor’s place tucked onto the top of the next big hill.

07/16/2026

New in the high desert series — gouache on paper. Painted these canyon walls in every color except the one you’d guess: purples, blues, that mossy green in the shade. New Mexico rock never reads the way you think it will. Grateful I get to keep chasing it.

07/15/2026

I’m making more progress on this one. It still needs some fine tuning…maybe some scaling back, but I’m pleased with it overall. 🎨