High Road to Taos II
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Talpa Chapel
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Bob’s been working on a series of miniature watercolors featuring New Mexico adobe churches. Each painting is 5”x7” before matting. Check back soon for others that are in the works but not yet completed.
Las Trampas Mini Arroyo Hondo Mini
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Sangre de Cristo Mini
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Talpa Chapel Revisited
Nuestra Senora de San Juan del Rio Chiquito
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Bob recently completed a new interpretation of the small adobe chapel in Talpa, New Mexico. In this painting the chapel reflects the purple shadows on the Picuris Mountains seen across the valley.
Talpa is located southeast of Taos on NM518, the scenic byway known as The High Road to Taos. The historic structure is off the highway a short distance down a narrow dirt road. Adobe homes – and, on most occasions a barking dog - surround the chapel plaza. Worshipers use the chapel for prayer services and novenas but travel to San Francisco de Asis in Ranchos de Taos for services.
Artists, including Andrew Dasburg and Doel Reed have long been drawn to the Talpa region. Following local tradition many residents paint their windows blue to ward off the brujas (witches).
Darlene happily poses with her acquisition, El Santuario de Chimayo, and artist Bob Yackel.
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Bob’s latest painting of El Santuario de Chimayo shows a lighter, looser style. Using watercolors on hot press paper he faded the colors around the edges, using the white of the paper to frame the historic church.
To see other paintings by Bob of El Santuario de Chimayo click on the listing on the right.
El Santuario de Chimayo is known for its “Holy Dirt” believed to possess extraordinary healing powers. Believers make personal and organized pilgrimages to the shrine originally build in 1816. Chimayo is located approximately 25 miles north of Sante Fe, New Mexico. Craftsmen in the surrounding region are renown for their quality weavings, skills passed down through many generations.
Art by Robert Yackel 
