Connie Falk Fine Art
https://cfalk.artspan.com/home
Fall Sunset
Oil on cradled panel
Oil on cradled panel
Road to Tisey
Oil on canvas. From a trip to Nicaragua.
Oil on canvas. From a trip to Nicaragua.
A long climb
Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas.
Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas.
Durango Autumn
Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas.
Blue Trees 5
Oil on cradled panel, plein air.
Oil on cradled panel, plein air.
Spanish Queen
Mostly plein air on cradled panel. View from the Spanish Queen picnic site near Jemez Springs, NM.
Mostly plein air on cradled panel. View from the Spanish Queen picnic site near Jemez Springs, NM.
Friends and Neighbors
Plein air oil on deep cradled board, unframed
Plein air oil on deep cradled board, unframed
Long Valley
This is the view at the end of Long Valley, near Boulder, UT. Oil on cradled panel.
This is the view at the end of Long Valley, near Boulder, UT. Oil on cradled panel.
Staghorn Fern
Plein air, oil and cold wax on panel. From the Albuquerque Botanical Garden.
Plein air, oil and cold wax on panel. From the Albuquerque Botanical Garden.
Antelope Canyon 9
Oil on linen.
Oil on linen.
Snow Melt
Connie Falk enjoys painting in oils and focuses most of her efforts on the local landscape. Painting in plein air is a particular passion, as it combines sharing adventures with good friends and carefully observing the effects of changing seasons on light, color and form.
Connie has called New Mexico home since 1988 when she began her academic career in agricultural economics at New Mexico State University. While on the faculty, she began taking art classes at NMSU in 2004, and continued taking classes until 2013 when she retired.
She is a regular participant in the annual Placitas Studio Tour and has shown her work in many galleries and shows in New Mexico.
"I paint the beauty of the people I have met and places I have seen and felt. Oil painting is an exploration of interior and physical landscapes. When I paint, I am meditating on values, both values in pigment and what I cherish and mourn. Painting helps me process the world, comment on it, share with others my story, and interpret the beauty and anguish in a world hurtling towards disaster. Painting is both an escape from the world and a dive into its core truths. I hope that my paintings convey something about where I am geographically, emotionally, and philosophically.
In my landscape paintings, I strive to simplify the scene while also conveying what I see, which is one of the big challenges, particularly in plein air. How much to stylize the composition and shapes and how much the colors should depart from local colors in front of me are some of my top concerns. I try to find the right balance in these decisions, while also conveying the emotional impact of the amazing local landscapes."
In 2022, Connie was included in Southwest Art Magazine’s, “10 NM Painters to Watch.”
Connie has rented or sold 24 paintings to the forthcoming movies “Miss You, Love You” and “A Place in Hell,” and the Amazon Prime limited series, “The Better Sister.“
Connie has called New Mexico home since 1988 when she began her academic career in agricultural economics at New Mexico State University. While on the faculty, she began taking art classes at NMSU in 2004, and continued taking classes until 2013 when she retired.
She is a regular participant in the annual Placitas Studio Tour and has shown her work in many galleries and shows in New Mexico.
"I paint the beauty of the people I have met and places I have seen and felt. Oil painting is an exploration of interior and physical landscapes. When I paint, I am meditating on values, both values in pigment and what I cherish and mourn. Painting helps me process the world, comment on it, share with others my story, and interpret the beauty and anguish in a world hurtling towards disaster. Painting is both an escape from the world and a dive into its core truths. I hope that my paintings convey something about where I am geographically, emotionally, and philosophically.
In my landscape paintings, I strive to simplify the scene while also conveying what I see, which is one of the big challenges, particularly in plein air. How much to stylize the composition and shapes and how much the colors should depart from local colors in front of me are some of my top concerns. I try to find the right balance in these decisions, while also conveying the emotional impact of the amazing local landscapes."
In 2022, Connie was included in Southwest Art Magazine’s, “10 NM Painters to Watch.”
Connie has rented or sold 24 paintings to the forthcoming movies “Miss You, Love You” and “A Place in Hell,” and the Amazon Prime limited series, “The Better Sister.“