South of SantaFe

Although I love to paint plein air, sometimes, as I travel by car, it's just not an option to pull over on the side of the highway and paint.  I do pull over, however, to take reference photos.  This location is south of Santa Fe.  I felt I was the only person on the road.  It was mid-morning and the sun was behind me, which saturated the colors.  The photo stayed in my phone for years, but found it again recently, and I wanted to paint big to convey the space and the feeling of possibility out west.