Magic Valley 1
16 x 20 inches 
acrylic and mixed media on gallery wrap canvas
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I took a trip to the southwest one year. While driving through Colorado I found myself entranced by the magic of the mountains. I saw the ancient petroglyphs of Mesa Verde and the remainders of Native American stone pueblos built beneath the overhanging cliffs. I sat and imagined what it must have been like during the height of the pueblo
​civilization in say,1225 - the only night illumination being campfires and the light of the moon. There had to be activity, animal sounds, traditional spiritual celebrations. It left me with a kind of magical feeling about those mesas and canyons.

• ​​​16 x 20 x 1.5 inch gallery wrap canvas - ​wired and ready to hang​
• ​​Layers of thinly laid acrylic paint over acrylic mediums and collaged papers 
• Descriptive textural elements: cut papers, acrylic mediums
• Oil pastel highlights are added at the end of the process and the  painting is finished with a clear acrylic varnish for surface protection
• The painting extends around all sides of the gallery wrapped canvas​