Zion's West Canyon Art Print

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The rocks are red and orange, colors that most of us – if we don’t live in the U.S. Southwest – are unfamiliar with. Rocks, we think, are supposed to be gray and slate.

But in Zion National Park in Utah, the rocks are not dull and drab – they glow warmly in the desert sun, and their very color gives us the idea that we are someplace unusual, someplace different, someplace with a touch of the magical about it.

The artwork, Zion’s Great West Canyon, focuses on these rocks, taking the viewers up to the heights and out of the valley. Painted in an impressionistic, brushy style, Zion’s Great West Canyon inspires us to get outside the norm and seek the roads that others don’t bother to look for.

While still part of Zion National Park, Zion’s Great West Canyon is in the “backlands” of the park, and most people don’t see it. From your perspective as viewer, if you look at the flat peaks in the back of the painting, and imagine going over them, you’l...

I am a fine art painter who creates representational images celebrating light, life, and color. A commercial illustrator for more than 20 years, I have been painting for most of my life, and in the last 18 years have focused exclusively on fine art. I celebrate images that invite the viewer to step into the artwork and experience a sense of joy, peace, freedom, encouragement, meditation, and thought. There's a lot of angry art out there, as well as a lot of shallow pop. I choose to use the abilities and experience I have to promote beauty and goodness.