Category: Painted Desert Revealed

“Soul Storm” 30″ x 40″ Oil on canvas, framed. $5,750 For all those who live in northern Arizona, the miracle of a storm is hard to imagine. The air is dry in this area and so when a storm rises up and rain comes down, you can smell the rain for miles. Flash floods of…

“Betsy’s Formation”. 22″ x 28″ Original Oil on canvas, framed. $2,950 In Flagstaff, Arizona I had a neighbor who had the most beautiful pastel rendering of this brilliant desert formation captured by his artist friend, Betsy. After my own adventure of over a year painting this part of the Navajo reservation, I never actually saw…

“Ancient Symbols” 20″ x 24″Oil on canvas. $2,300 When visiting the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, you can’t help but feel the ancient history of the land. All those who have come before, all those who live on the land now, and all those who will come in the future. Even through that timeline, these…

“Spirit Spring” 16″ x 20″ Oil on canvas, framed. $1,500 The Navajo’s sacred source of water, their only source of water except for rain. This spring is used to water and irrigate their crops of sacred corn and other eatable plants. This painting was done deep in winter when the sage and other range plants…

“At Peace” 16″ x 20″ Oil on canvas, framed. $1,500 Mid-day on the Chinle is quiet, peaceful and calm. The colors of the minerals in the layers aren’t easy to see at that time of day, and the tint of the morning sun often touches the clouds that rise up early to begin the summer…

“Dine’ Spring” 20″ x 24″ Oil on canvas, framed. $2,300 Right in the middle of the Navajo (Dine’) reservation desert is this miracle spring that the Navajo use for all their irrigation, including corn, one of their important staples. This painting captures a part of the spring that has been captured in a deep, hand…

“Brilliant Abundance” 16″ x 20″ Oil on canvas, framed. $1,500 The Chinle formation on the desert in northern Arizona gets it color from ancient minerals in the soil. Petrified wood, fossils, dinosaur footprints all inhabit the mounds of sand and earth, layers upon layers built up over thousands of years. On this day the fan…

“Cotton Candy” 9″ x 12″Oil on canvas. $450 Sometimes in the early morning hours a mist will rise up and make the formations soft and colorful. This painting is more of an expression of the ancient origins in the land of the reservation.