The Ruins are More Beautiful than the City

By: Joel Becktell

The Ruins are More Beautiful than the City

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Maelstrom

By: Joel Becktell

Maelstrom

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Best Monsoon in Years, Fields near Isleta

By: Joel Becktell

Best Monsoon in Years, Fields near Isleta

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Pieta

By: Joel Becktell

Pieta

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Icon - St. Cecilia with Cello

By: Joel Becktell

Icon - St. Cecilia with Cello

One day, without really planning it at all, I found myself painting this “icon” of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians, holding a cello instead of the more traditional viol or pipe organ. Since then, I have made a few variations on this theme, and I feel compelled to return to it from time to time. I think it is wonderful, and also appropriate, that musicians have our own saint.

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Sunflowers in Winter Window

By: Joel Becktell

Sunflowers in Winter Window

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Apple Tree in the Garden, January

By: Joel Becktell

Apple Tree in the Garden, January

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Autumn Sunset near Belen

By: Joel Becktell

Autumn Sunset near Belen

I often drive past this spot in central New Mexico, and I always get an eyeful. The high contrast of the sandy soil, black basalt hills, prairie plants, and sky assure a strong impression. The power poles march up and down the hills, leashed together by their power lines. This evening the sunset was exceptional, even for here, and the warm sky and the cool colors of the dusky land created a memorable visual drama.

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Landscape with Village

By: Joel Becktell

Landscape with Village

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Summer Rain, Plains of St. Augustin

By: Joel Becktell

Summer Rain, Plains of St. Augustin

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Late Fall Afternoon, Fields

By: Joel Becktell

Late Fall Afternoon, Fields

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Moonset over the Bosque

By: Joel Becktell

Moonset over the Bosque

This is another late-night impression of the view from my painting studio, across a field, over a fence and an irrigation ditch to a dense copse of cottonwood trees, and on to the giant sky.

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Night Butterfly 1

By: Joel Becktell

Night Butterfly 1

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Summer Landscape

By: Joel Becktell

Summer Landscape

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Sky and Rose Window

By: Joel Becktell

Sky and Rose Window

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Bird in Flight, #1

By: Joel Becktell

Bird in Flight, #1

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Bird in Flight, #2

By: Joel Becktell

Bird in Flight, #2

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Magdalena Mountains, Autumn

By: Joel Becktell

Magdalena Mountains, Autumn

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Crow

By: Joel Becktell

Crow

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Fall Sky with Crows

By: Joel Becktell

Fall Sky with Crows

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Abstract with Cello

By: Joel Becktell

Abstract with Cello

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Night Sky with Rising Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn

By: Joel Becktell

Night Sky with Rising Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn

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Souvenir of Amsterdam

By: Joel Becktell

Souvenir of Amsterdam

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Souvenir of Amsterdam, Spring

By: Joel Becktell

Souvenir of Amsterdam, Spring

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March Wind, Apple Blossoms

By: Joel Becktell

March Wind, Apple Blossoms

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Cellist B/W

By: Joel Becktell

Cellist B/W

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Cellist, #1

By: Joel Becktell

Cellist, #1

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Cellist, #2

By: Joel Becktell

Cellist, #2

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Visiting Ghosts, Halloween 1968

By: Joel Becktell

Visiting Ghosts, Halloween 1968

In this painting, I revisit an earlier, slightly larger painting of the same general composition and topic. This is kind of like a “copy,” though not exact, of the earlier version because I had more than one request for the original. While I usually wouldn’t try to re-make a previous painting, I found that the memory that inspired it was strong enough to guide me to make two later versions for people who requested them.

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