David Disko Oil Painting "Gold Horizon"

I describe my paintings as landscapes but essentially they are intersections of land and sky

I’ve become a firm believer in the idea that I should paint what I know. By adhering to this principle, I find that that subject matter is everywhere and right at hand. Owing to familiarity, I find I have an organic, intimate understanding of it. My interests are broad: my neighborhood, its houses, trees, roads, walks, fences and yards and nearby, the river, reflections in it, the large canal, acequias, etc.

I’m interested in the world as seen from my car window in the Rio Rancho suburbs and on the highway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, the pavement, cars, trucks, highway signs, pinons, power lines, silhouettes of the Sandia and the Sangre de Cristos all set against and dwarfed by a sky that is immense and color variable; bright turquoise, leaden with thunderheads, watermelon red, apricot or pale yellow at sunrise and sunset.