Naomi Brown is hard at work in her Arizona studio preparing for a busy fall all around the Western art market. But as later summer shifts to fall, she admits it can be difficult to capture the subtle shifts in season.
Slow Sundown in Joshua Tree, oil, 48 x 24”
“As a Southwest landscape artist, I find one of my biggest challenges is to portray the different seasons in the deserts of California, Arizona and sometimes New Mexico. The colors of the sky change with the seasons in the desert. Whether I am painting a sunset, or a blue sky, there are subtle and sometimes more drastic changes that take place in the winter versus the extreme heat of the summer,” Brown says. “Sunsets in the winter become more vivid because of low humidity and cleaner air, especially after it rains. That means there are fewer particulates to wash out colors and create hazy sunsets, which are more typical in summer.”
Moody Sky, oil on canvas, 30 x 48”
She continues: “The earth also spins closer to the sun in the winter, and the angle the sun takes setting makes sunset colors last a bit longer. The blues tend to be washed out and have a vintage look in the summer months and a crisper, darker blue gradient in the winter. The summer monsoons bring beautiful clouds and colors, especially after the rain. The springtime can be a magical two months of beautiful wildflowers and sometimes green-carpeted mountains, especially if the desert received an extra wet winter. No matter what season, I love capturing the subtle and vivid colors of the Southwest deserts.”
Winter Moon over JT, oil, 8 x 10”
Brown’s newest works will be on view at Small Works, Great Wonders starting November 10 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. She will also have work on view at the Signature Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. —
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