These paintings are a record of Northern New Mexico.

The paintings I make are expressions of geomorphology and time.  They are physical geographic recordings.  The way I like to think about painting as an artistic practice is that it is a series of movements within a certain time frame.  The geographic surfaces I record are also about time.  I seek out exposed rock beds and boulders and use soil from the site to make surface recordings of the earth.  I move the natural pigment, water, and pastel through the erosion path and texture of the rock. The result is a record of place and time.  

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COLLEEN O'BRIEN NEW MEXICO Soil and Conte on Canvas
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Lake Sumner, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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COLLEEN O'BRIEN NEW MEXICO soil and conte on canvas
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Gila River, Gila Wilderness, New Mexico
2020
soil and conte on canvas
9" x 12"
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Gila River, Gila Wilderness, New Mexico
2020
soil and conte on canvas
9" x 12"
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Gila River, Gila Wilderness, New Mexico
2020
soil and conte on canvas
9" x 12"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
COLLEEN O'BRIEN NEW MEXICO soil and conte on canvas
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
soil and conte on canvas
9" x 12"
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Lake Sumner, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Lake Sumner, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Lake Sumner, Fort Sumner, New Mexico
2020
soil and conte on canvas
9" x 12"
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Devil's Throne, Waldo Canyon, Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Devil's Throne, Waldo Canyon, Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
COLLEEN O'BRIEN NEW MEXICO soil and conte on canvas
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Devil's Throne, Waldo Canyon, Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
soil and conte on canvas
9" x 12"
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Galisteo River, Lamy, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
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Galisteo River, Lamy, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
20" x 24"
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Galisteo River, Lamy, New Mexico
2020
soil and conte on canvas
20" x 24"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Galisteo, New Mexico
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Galisteo, New Mexico
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Galisteo, New Mexico
2020
soil and conte on canvas
20" x 24"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Waldo Canyon, Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Waldo Canyon, Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Waldo Canyon, Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
20" x 24"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12' x 16'
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Placitas, New Mexico
2018
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Placitas, New Mexico
2018
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Placitas, New Mexico
2018
Soil and Conte on Canvas
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Plactias, New Mexico
2018
Soil and Conte on Canvas
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Plactias, New Mexico
2018
Soil and Conte on Canvas
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Plactias, New Mexico
2018
Soil and Conte on Canvas
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Dark Canyon, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
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Dark Canyon, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2018
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Dark Canyon, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
2018
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
2017
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
2017
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
2017
Soil and Conte on Canvas
30" x 40"
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Rio Grande River, Pilar, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
9" x 12"
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Rio Grande River, Pilar, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
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Galisteo River, Lamy, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Galisteo River, Lamy, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
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Cerrillos, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
12" x 16"
COLLEEN O'BRIEN NEW MEXICO Soil, Pastel, and Water on Canvas.
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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
2018
Soil, Pastel, and Water on Canvas.
60" x 72"
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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
60" x 72"
soil and conte on canvas
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Canadian River, Clayton, New Mexico
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Canadian River, Clayton, New Mexico
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Canadian River, Clayton, New Mexico
2018
Soil and Conte on Canvas
71" x 104"
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Canadian River, Clayton, New Mexico
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Canadian River, Clayton, New Mexico
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Rio Grande, Dixon, New Mexico
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Devil's Throne, Waldo Canyon, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
20" x 24"
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Devil's Throne, Waldo Canyon, New Mexico
2020
Soil and Conte on Canvas
20" x 24"
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Abiquiu, New Mexico
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Abiquiu, New Mexico
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Abiquiu, New Mexico
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Santa Fe National Forest. Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015