近距离内射合集

When storms churn across the New Mexico landscape, they have long served as eye candy for local artists.

Open at the New Mexico Art League, 鈥淔orce of Nature鈥� gathers the interpretations of 43 artists through 92 works revealing the strength and beauty of those skyscapes. The show is open through Oct. 7.

Retired emergency doctor Mick Leo鈥檚 鈥淟ingering Light I鈥� takes an abstracted approach to those striations of sky, land and light.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 work directly from photographs of any kind,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 do it more from memory or image-making. I鈥檓 working with the free flow of the watercolor. The images evolve in a more intuitive way. It鈥檚 a semi-abstract image that people can read,鈥� he added.

Leo has worked in watercolor for more than 20 years, learning largely on his own, with the help of some workshops and mentors.

鈥淚 also work in acrylics and mixed-media,鈥� he said. 鈥淲atercolor is just something I鈥檝e been interested in. It鈥檚 a more challenging water medium than anything else. Watercolor kind of does what it wants.鈥�

The exhibit marks his Art League debut.

Robert Wilson鈥檚 watercolor 鈥淪ummer Storm鈥� features thundering clouds roiling across the fields.

鈥淚t鈥檚 one of those New Mexico scenes that stuck in my head,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a matter of putting down the wash and letting go of it.鈥�

A retired sports medicine physician from New Mexico Orthopedics, Wilson has long dabbled in art. Today, he considers himself a professional artist.

鈥淚 was always more interested in doing art at the time, but being a doctor was my job,鈥� he explained.

The exhibit is Wilson鈥檚 first Art League show. He does very little preparatory sketching.

鈥淚 want to find my horizon. I want to find basic shapes. All the detail stuff is unsketched. It鈥檚 like studying for medical school.鈥�

He works both from photos and in plein air (the outdoors).

Edgewood oil painter Roger Gathman was driving along U.S. 550 when he spotted some red cliffs beneath an approaching storm. The image became 鈥淢onsoon Season.鈥�

鈥淭here鈥檚 an area up there that has some beautiful, beautiful cliffs,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 went up there to do some photography for ideas for paintings. There were big storm clouds building up.鈥�

Now retired after teaching art at Albuquerque Academy for 42 years, Gathman originally tried majoring in biology before stumbling over the math. A neighbor who taught at the academy encouraged him to try art education. A sabbatical from Academy introduced him to the painter Wilson Hurley.

鈥淚 think I learned more in six months from him than all the time I was in school,鈥� Gathman said. 鈥淗e treated me like a colleague. That鈥檚 where some of my cloud stuff comes.鈥�

A regular in Art League shows, Gathman begins by blocking out the shapes on his canvas.

鈥淚鈥檓 somewhere between Impressionism and realism,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know if it鈥檚 really a style.鈥�

Initially reluctant to venture into oils, a teacher exchange in London opened the artist to its possibilities. He walked into a Paris museum gallery filled with works by Claude Monet.

鈥淚 went, 鈥極h my God, I want to paint like that.鈥� 鈥�

At the time, he had been working in watercolor and drawing. The teacher looked at his work and told him, 鈥� 鈥榊ou draw very well, Roger, but you鈥檙e a painter,鈥� 鈥� Gathman said. 鈥淭hat was all I needed. I jumped into oil painting and never looked back.鈥�

Founded in 1929, the New Mexico Art League is an art school and gallery, and a nonprofit association.