High Desert Breakfast
Acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas, signed in the lower right corner. Hanging hardware is included.
High Desert Breakfast is a vibrant folk-art painting with a unique backstory. The scene began as a study of a porch at a charming inn in Woodstock, NY, where my wife and I stayed while searching for our current home in Rhinebeck. However, as the work progressed, I felt the original background didn't capture the energy I wanted, so I made a bold creative pivot and replaced the New York woods with a sprawling, sun-drenched desert landscape.
The result is a whimsical, "surrealist-adjacent" landscape that blends the cozy architecture of the Northeast—complete with a stone wall and inviting breakfast table—with the rugged, orange-toned mesas of the High Desert. Using simplified forms and a bright, cheerful palette, I wanted to evoke the feeling of a quiet morning where anything is possible. It’s a piece about transition and imagination, capturing a specific memory of our move to the Hudson Valley while adding a touch of Southwestern warmth.
This original acrylic painting is currently available for sale through my Artspan gallery"
High Desert Breakfast is a vibrant folk-art painting with a unique backstory. The scene began as a study of a porch at a charming inn in Woodstock, NY, where my wife and I stayed while searching for our current home in Rhinebeck. However, as the work progressed, I felt the original background didn't capture the energy I wanted, so I made a bold creative pivot and replaced the New York woods with a sprawling, sun-drenched desert landscape.
The result is a whimsical, "surrealist-adjacent" landscape that blends the cozy architecture of the Northeast—complete with a stone wall and inviting breakfast table—with the rugged, orange-toned mesas of the High Desert. Using simplified forms and a bright, cheerful palette, I wanted to evoke the feeling of a quiet morning where anything is possible. It’s a piece about transition and imagination, capturing a specific memory of our move to the Hudson Valley while adding a touch of Southwestern warmth.
This original acrylic painting is currently available for sale through my Artspan gallery"