502. Taos Pueblo

The adobe dwellings at Taos Pueblo amazed me that something so simple as mud, water and straw could hold up against the elements.  However, these structures have done so for hundreds of years and are very warm in the winter.  There is no running water or electric and heat comes from the wood stoves within the dwellings.  Water is drawn from the nearby stream which comes from their mountain.   They do maintenance on them whenever they need to and I was told, they do it once a year.

This painting was juried into the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society international juried exhibit at the Crary Art Gallery in Warren, Pa.