jim pudlewski
@jimpud.bsky.social
retired teacher, landscape artist, active in Kiwanis,
Grew up in Chicago, taught in Homewood, IL for 31 years. Married to Judy since 1963. We moved to Las Cruces, NM in 2005.
Grew up in Chicago, taught in Homewood, IL for 31 years. Married to Judy since 1963. We moved to Las Cruces, NM in 2005.
Trying a different tack. Ran out of local mountain views to paint. Here's our local farmers' market on Main Street in Las Cruces. I haven't painted people for a while.
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trying a different tack. Ran out of local mountain views to paint. Here's our local farmers' market on Main Street in Las Cruces. I haven't painted people for a while.
45 minutes east of Las Cruces, NM is the White Sands National Park. Fascinating gypsum dunes and a visitors' center built in the 1930s.
September 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
45 minutes east of Las Cruces, NM is the White Sands National Park. Fascinating gypsum dunes and a visitors' center built in the 1930s.
A local Las Cruces landmark is this 20' high roadrunner made of recycled materials.
July 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A local Las Cruces landmark is this 20' high roadrunner made of recycled materials.
Our portion of the Rio Grande only has water during irrigation season. Here's a view looking east over the Rio toward the Organ mountains.
June 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Our portion of the Rio Grande only has water during irrigation season. Here's a view looking east over the Rio toward the Organ mountains.
Haven't been to Hawaii since 2017. Too old to sit 8 hours in a plane these days. Here's a nice memory though. The painting shows a rain shower off the Makena beach on Maui. The bird is a Hawaiian stilt. I finished it yesterday,
April 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Haven't been to Hawaii since 2017. Too old to sit 8 hours in a plane these days. Here's a nice memory though. The painting shows a rain shower off the Makena beach on Maui. The bird is a Hawaiian stilt. I finished it yesterday,
We don't get a lot of clouds in the Chihuahuan desert. When we do the sunrise over the Organ mountains can be gorgeous.
February 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We don't get a lot of clouds in the Chihuahuan desert. When we do the sunrise over the Organ mountains can be gorgeous.
Back in January I posted a photo of our unusual january snow. Some of the other pics I took that day turned out to be good subjects for a small (9"x 12") painting.
February 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Back in January I posted a photo of our unusual january snow. Some of the other pics I took that day turned out to be good subjects for a small (9"x 12") painting.
I usually paint from photos I took. This is an exception. Our daughter and son-in-law took a cruise around New Zealand and part of Australia. She took photos of this mountain (featured in Lord of the Rings films). The inset flower is the New Zealand "Christmas tree" - called pohutukawa by the Maori.
January 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I usually paint from photos I took. This is an exception. Our daughter and son-in-law took a cruise around New Zealand and part of Australia. She took photos of this mountain (featured in Lord of the Rings films). The inset flower is the New Zealand "Christmas tree" - called pohutukawa by the Maori.
Here's something different. Las Cruces is in the Chihuahuan desert. Even though we are at 4000 feet, snow is a rarity. Yesterday I measured 0.4 inches of snow in the yard. Today its snowing again. Very strange weather these days.
January 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Here's something different. Las Cruces is in the Chihuahuan desert. Even though we are at 4000 feet, snow is a rarity. Yesterday I measured 0.4 inches of snow in the yard. Today its snowing again. Very strange weather these days.
Perhaps more of a science lesson than art. Three kinds of volcanic rock in the Organ Mountains in southern New Mexico, Light colored rhyolite, dark granite and yellow tuff (volcanic ash turned to rock).
January 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Perhaps more of a science lesson than art. Three kinds of volcanic rock in the Organ Mountains in southern New Mexico, Light colored rhyolite, dark granite and yellow tuff (volcanic ash turned to rock).
My newest. Wailea surf based on photos from one of our trips to the southwest coast of Maui. Probably the last painting for this year.
December 17, 2024 at 8:03 PM
My newest. Wailea surf based on photos from one of our trips to the southwest coast of Maui. Probably the last painting for this year.
Newest - Wupatki pueblo in southern Arizona.
November 24, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Newest - Wupatki pueblo in southern Arizona.
I painted a series of landscapes of the 26 states we've stayed in. Each one includes an inset of the state bird. Here are a couple (Arizona and Kentucky):
November 15, 2024 at 2:29 PM
I painted a series of landscapes of the 26 states we've stayed in. Each one includes an inset of the state bird. Here are a couple (Arizona and Kentucky):
Since I left the classroom in 1997, I have painted landscapes. This is of White Sands national park. Its about 46 minutes from our retirement home in New Mexico.
November 12, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Since I left the classroom in 1997, I have painted landscapes. This is of White Sands national park. Its about 46 minutes from our retirement home in New Mexico.