Lee Blakeney
STUDIO AT CREEKWOOD RANCH · TEXAS

Paintings from the headwaters of Palo Duro Canyon.

Fifty years at the easel. Horses, landscapes, sacred places, and the country I know.

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High country at the headwaters of Palo Duro Canyon
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Recent paintings.

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Santa Fe Plein Aire

Oil on Canvas · 16 × 20 in · 2024

1600

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Pasture Bouquet

Oil on Canvas · 18 × 24 in · 2024

1400

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Girl with Violin

Oil on Canvas · 20 × 28 in · 2024

2800

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Lee Blakeney at the easel, Creekwood studio
About the artist

A working studio, fifty years on.

I have been painting the same country for fifty years. The light over the Prairie Dog Town Fork at six in the morning. The quiet of a chapel at Canoncita. A horse standing in pasture before the day asks anything of him.

I do not paint to surprise people. I paint to keep faith with what I have been given to see.

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NOTES FROM CREEKWOOD

From the studio.

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April 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Events / Exhibitions

Santa Fe Plein Aire

A heartfelt thank you to each of you who has joined my email list. I want to express my deepest gratitude to those who have added one of my paintings to their collection. Your support means the world to me, and it makes creating art a much more enjoyable experience.Friday Night Art Walk – Arts in th

April 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Painting Process

Fall Color

October has been a very color filled month with a class in the fall colors of New Mexico with great artists Qiang Huang who was born in Beijing, China and has lived in the US for 40 years. He earned a PhD in physics and has studied color for many years. The garden has been put to rest for winte

April 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Spiritual Growth

November Slipped By at Mach Speed

By Kenneth Jackson on Dec 04, 2025 04:44 pmThe colors of autumn exploded across New Mexico and Texas, inspiring me to grab a paintbrush and mix colors wildly to recreate God’s breathtaking palette.We started in Albuquerque to watch our grandson perform at the International Western Music Association.

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