Ancient Southwest Gallery
Below Kachina Bridge
30" x 40"Kachina Bridge is one of three spectacular and gigantic natural bridges in what is now Natural Bridges National Park in Southern Utah. Many ancient Indian dwellings and rock art sites are found in the area including here at Kachina Bridge. While visiting here a few years ago, the artist was very impressed with the beauty of the canyon, the cooling breezes blowing through it, and could almost hear the laughter of children playing in the water echoing through the centuries.
Chasm of Grandeur
24" x 48"In the vast reaches of the Grand Canyon are places so remote and inaccessible they have never been touched by man. Here a solitary windblown pine struggles for life on the brink of the fathomless depths.
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Defiant
20" x 24"Lightning streaks across the sky as an afternoon thunderstorm builds beyond a weather-beaten juniper.
Discoverers of Wilson Arch
24" x 36"The graceful form of Utah's beautiful Wilson Arch dwarfs the figures of ancient explorers; the first humans to ever see it thousands of years ago.
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Firelight Gallery
30" x 40"In what is now Canyonlands National Park in southern Utah, a boy plays his flute on a summer night while seemingly watched over by the mysterious petroglyphs of Birthing Rock.
Fury of the Skies
30" x 48"Having always been denied of taking a really good lightning photo the artist did this painting to get it "out of his system." Here an enormous display of lightning overwhelms the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley on the Utah-Arizona border.
Gift of an Angry Sky
30" x 20"A great lightning storm overwhelms the towering form of Washer Woman arch in Utah's Canyonlands National Park. Such storms form and pass quickly during the summer months leaving behind the precious gift of water.
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Mesa Verde Melody
24" x 36"Flutes and whistles were favorite instruments in the American Southwest during ancient times and often depicted in rock art. This scene shows a young girl playing a flute at Cliff Palace in what is now Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado before its abandonment in about 1300. The black and white design of the pot is typical of the Mesa Verde style of this era. Lest there be any concerns, the model was wearing a swimsuit when posing.
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Partition Arch
24" x 36"One morning while visiting Arches National Park the artist hiked up to Partition Arch not knowing what to expect. Upon arrival the sun was hidden by clouds. When they parted slighty a beautiful warm flood of light burst through the arch. The arches seem to have personalities. Partition Arch is very friendly.
Room with a View
36" x 24"Wearing a traditional squash blossom hairdo, a girl looks out through a T shaped doorway some 750 years ago in what is now Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The room is in one of the cliff dwellings built by the Anasazi or, more correctly, Ancestral Puebloans.
Sipapu
40" x 30"Seemingly oblivious to the splendor that surrounds them, Anasazi children of 1000 years ago play beneath the monstrous form of Sipapu natural bridge in what is now southern Utah. The second largest of its kind in the world, Sipapu spans 260 feet and soars 220 above the canyon floor. Two hundred Anasazi dwelling sites have been found in this area. Sipapu, a Hopi Indian word, refers to the gateway to this world from the world below through which mankind emerged.
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Stalking Shadow
16" x 20"The shadow of an ancient hunter is cast on a sandstone wall at dawn in the desert southwest of 1,000 years ago.
Storm Over Druid Arch
30" x 20"Bizarre rock formations are common in Southern Utah. Here Druid arch, reminiscent of Stonehenge, towers over 300 feet above the surrounding terrain as a storm broods overhead.
The Endless Chore
30" x 24"The ancient Anasazi Indians of the American Southwest often built impressive structures in huge niches and overhangs found in many of the regions sandstone cliffs. Why they built in such inaccessible places is still a mystery. One thing is for certain: gathering water in this arid land would have seemed a never ending task.
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The True Discoverer / Grand Canyon
30" x 40"Who was the first person to see the Grand Canyon? There is no way of telling for sure or when it occurred. Perhaps many thousands of years ago — as shown here — a young girl was gathering wild foods with her family and wandered off a little farther than the rest when she came across the incredible sight.
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