Misty mornings along the Rio Grande are a rare occurrence in the high desert of New Mexico.  Traveling north of Santa Fe, looking across to the cottonwoods and willows, I saw the river with the trees turning to fall colors as a living impressionist painting.  The bosque of cottonwoods and willows creates a lush environment in the high desert of the Colorado Plateau. 

This is the latest in a small series I am doing around the Rio Grande river.  In this case using quick strokes with a  Chinese writing brush on rough watercolor paper. 16" x 12" image size, matted and ready to frame.