Category: Churches

Western Art Collector write-up

Parsons Gallery of the West has featured the Historic Storytellers’ show at the gallery opening on May 17th and we got a ter

San Isidro (the saint, not the church)

In this painting, a farmer with a glowing halo is shown. Instead of seeing an angel hitched to a plow, which is a popular depi

The 2022 Holiday Show

This evening is the opening reception for the 2022 Parsons Gallery of the West Holiday Show and I have been busy making small

Paint drying on a few church paintings

Through the autumn I’ve been working on a series of paintings of the old Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Taos, New Mexic

“Return of the Procession,” oil on canvas panel by Melwell, 8×10

Inspired by a Gene Kloss composition. If you have not witnessed this event, you owe it to yourself to go just once.

The Old Site of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Here’s another painting of a Northern New Mexico Church, the old site of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church prior to it bu