Last day at Chaco: independent adventures and first critique night

On our last full day, we each went on our own adventures. A number of students went on the trail to Wijiji, an outlier house.

pot sherd near a ruin outside of wijiji, off trail

Kirsten and Raychael painting at camp

Tim's work site in camp

After dinner we set up for critique, so much great work done in 3 days!

you can critique in the dark 

with lamps!

Night Painting!

Friday night is a great night for some night painting!

Van side art show breakfast!

Sunday Morning our camp neighbors, made up of philanthropical groups affiliated with the New Mexico Museum, asked to see what we were working on

Wilderness Studio 2018: Chaco continued: Pueblo Bonito tour, Penasco Blanco, Supernova

The following day we did the Penasco Blanco hike and stopped at petroglyph trail and the Supernova Pictograph 

Beau Carey paints along Penasco Blanco trail

Supernova Pictograph

respite from the sun inside Pueblo Bonito 

Pot sherds all around

Wilderness Studio 2018: on to Chaco Canyon, day 1

We arrived at Chaco around Noon on the 17th

May 18th we headed up to Alto House and the trail overlooking Pueblo Bonito

Tim Stakes out a good spot to work 

Brian Stakes out a good place to work 

Ari paints ravens above Pueblo Bonito

Cliff gives us a tour of Bonito

Amazingly old viga's / ceiling work from 1100

Wilderness Studio 2018: getting ready for our adventures

May 14th we got right to work, building our portable field easels 

May 15th we took a local "tester" Plein Air adventure to the Rio Grande at the Tingley Beach entrance

Wednesday May 16th we did all of our shopping and staging, 

and Thursday May 17th we figured out how to get everyone and all of our things in the van and 3 additional vehicles