Wendy Ahlm
Wendy Ahlm grew up in a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She began making art as soon as she could pick up a crayon and never wavered from her young declaration of, I’m going to be an artist when I grow up.
Wendy received a BFA in printmaking and painting from Carnegie Mellon University. She moved to New Mexico in 1996 and fell in love with the big sky, never-ending views and spectacular sunsets.
Her fascination with the landscape and New Mexico light led her to plein air painting. In 2018, Wendy participated in her first-ever plein air painting event, the Red Rocks Arts Festival in Moab, UT. Later that year, she joined the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico.
Wendy paints with a variety of media including oil, pastel, acrylic, gouache and watercolor. Her work is often infused with bright colors. In addition to painting nature, Wendy’s playful personality and child-like joy resulted in painting still lifes of toys and dinosaurs during cold winter months. These humorous artworks inspired a weekly dinosaur drawing
show that Wendy broadcasts on Twitch TV to teach drawing and painting.
Available Paintings
"Summer Sorbet" 12 x 16" Gouache $949
"Pete's Gas" 8 x 10" Watercolor $525
"New Mexi-Cana" Gouache 12 x 16" $949
"Sitting on the Corner in Williams Arizona" 12 x 9" Gouache $595
"Motel El Rancho" 11 x 14" Oil $785
"Pit Stop" 12 x 9" Oil $595
"Clean Rooms on 66" 8 x 10" Watercolor $525
"Gallup Glow" 11 x 14" Gouache $785
"Broke Down on 66" 12 x 16" Watercolor $949
"Desert Scorpion" 11 x 14" Watercolor $785
"Tucumcari Tee Pee" Gouache 10 x 8" $525