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Paintings of Arches National Park

Utah's Arches National Park is a wonder of red rock splendor. This park is filled with massive rock formations, including the famous Delicate Arch and Balanced Rock monuments. Erin Hanson hiked this park during several seasons, painting the flora of Arches during the spring rains as well as the clear winter light that can only be found in the frigid months. Hanson's desert paintings use pure pigments to showcase the red rock fins, lesser-known arches, boulders, and the surrounding mountains -- along with some of the more famous sites.    

Utah's Arches National Park is a wonder of red rock splendor. This park is filled with massive rock formations, including the famous Delicate Arch and Balanced Rock monuments. Erin Hanson hiked this park during several seasons, painting the flora of Arches during the spring rains as well as the clear winter light that can only be found in the frigid months. Hanson's desert paintings use pure pigments to showcase the red rock fins, lesser-known arches, boulders, and the surrounding mountains -- along with some of the more famous sites.    

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Arches National Park
Arches National Park is painted in the beautiful hues of the desert at sunrise: buttery oranges against rich purples and turquoise. The brush strokes in this painting are loose and expressive, capturing the beauty of nature with separated brush strokes that accentuate the light of the desert. "Arches Summer" is an original oil painting created in Erin Hanson's impasto style of Open Impressionism. The piece arrives framed in a "mock floater" black and gold plein air frame.

Arches Summer

16 x 20 in

Original Oil  $7,600

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Bold, impressionistic colors capture Arches National Park the way it feels to be standing at the first viewpoint in Arches, looking down at the red rock valley, surrounded by mighty, surreal fins and buttes. This painting captures all the beautiful colors of southwestern Utah. "Arches Color" is an original oil painting created on linen board. The piece arrives framed in a black and gold plein air frame, ready to hang.

Arches Color

24 x 20 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Textured Replicas from $1,000

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This painting was inspired by a hike I did to Delicate Arch (in Arches National Park) a few years ago. To catch the early morning light on Delicate Arch, I awoke at 3am to begin the hike up the sandstone slabs that culminated in the rock formations around the arch. The brilliant colors and high vantage point, surrounded by the quiet solitude of the park, have been ingrained in my mind ever since. "Delicate Arch" was created on 1-1/2" canvas, with the sides of the canvas painted as a continuation of the painting. The piece arrives framed in a 23kt gold leaf floater frame.

Delicate Arch

60 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

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Arches National Park has always been one of my favorite places to paint. I love the deep, rich tones of the sandstone, the subtle lavender shadows, and the abstract shapes of the rock formations. This is a painting of Delicate Arch and the wide surrounding vista. This work was done on 1/8" canvas board, and it arrives framed and ready to hang. Exhibited: Desert Caballeros Western Museum, as part of the Cowgirl Up! exhibition.</a>

Arch Vista

16 x 12 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $230

 
My favorite time to visit Arches National Park is after the spring bloom when the dark red earth becomes covered in a bright green plant life. The contrast is so striking, especially when seen in the early dawn, when the whole landscape is bathed in ethereal light. This painting was created on 1/8" canvas board, and the painting will be framed in a traditional gold frame. This painting will be shown in the <a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/redrock2018" target=_blank"><i>The Red Rock Show</i></a> at The Erin Hanson Gallery, June 16th, 2018. <a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Portfolio?col=The_Red_Rock_Show_2018" target="_blank"><u>Click here</u></a> to view the other Red Rock paintings.

Arches Dawn

20 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
This painting captures the dramatic vista seen when you first enter Arches National Park. Hiking down into the canyon between the red rock fins towering above on either side is a surreal experience. The landscape is drenched in color, the red sandstone appearing in a multitude of colors ranging from soft buttercream to sherbet orange to pale lavender. This painting was created on 1-1/2" canvas, with the painting continued around the edges. The piece has been framed in a carved gold open impressionist frame. This painting will be shown in the <a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/redrock2018" target=_blank"><i>The Red Rock Show</i></a> at The Erin Hanson Gallery, June 16th, 2018. <a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Portfolio?col=The_Red_Rock_Show_2018" target="_blank"><u>Click here</u></a> to view the other Red Rock paintings.

Desert Fins

50 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $240

 
Inspired by Arches National Park, this painting captures the brilliant color of dawn light hitting the Park's enormous and majestic fins of red sandstone. The abstract style of the painting perfectly renders the bold statement shapes of these ancient formations. This painting was created on 1-1/2"-deep canvas, with the painting continued around the edges. It has been framed in a gold floater frame.

Fins at Dawn

50 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $215

 
Following the Colorado River north of Moab and Arches National Park, early one morning in January, I discovered this beautiful vista of ragged buttes and red rock plateaus that caught the brilliant orange of a winter sunrise. The Colorado River was wide and smooth, reflecting all the ambient color. This painting captures the joyful beauty that I love to paint, that which brings me back to Utah time and time again to find a new subject to capture. This painting has been framed in hand-carved, gold leaf floater frame. Exhibited <a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ErinHansonTheOrangeShow"><i>The Orange Show</i></a>, The Erin Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2016. This painting is available from The Medicine Man Gallery, in Tuscon. You can visit their <a href="http://www.medicinemangallery.com/collection/Contemporary/c/Hanson,-Erin" target="_blank"> website here.</a>

North of Arches

48 x 48 in

Original Oil  UNAVAILABLE

Prints from $170

 
Small boulders frolic in the foothills of the desert mountain ranges of Joshua Tree National Park. The loose, playful brush strokes are alive with motion and light. This small oil painting has been framed and arrives ready to hang.

Boulders and Mountain

16 x 20 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Arches National Park is a land of abstract contrasts. Dramatic red arches against a blue sky and vibrant blue shadows against the sun-lit sandstone all make for perfect painting opportunities. This small oil painting focuses on these dramatic juxtapositions of shape and color. This painting was created on a 3/4"-deep canvas. It has been framed in a classic, museum-quality frame and arrives ready to hang. Exhibited: St George Art Museum, Utah, in a solo exhibition celebrating the National Park's centennial: <i><a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ErinHansonMuseumShow2016" target="_blank">Erin Hanson's Painted Parks</a></i>, 2016.

Abstract Arch

12 x 9 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The best part about painting Arches National Park is the unusual abstract shapes that appear naturally in the landscape. These giant fins of red sandstone stretch incredibly into the sky, towering above the short, scrubby desert plants. This painting was created on a 3/4"-deep canvas. It has been framed in a classic, museum-quality frame and arrives ready to hang. Exhibited: St George Art Museum, Utah, in a solo exhibition celebrating the National Park's centennial: <i><a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ErinHansonMuseumShow2016" target="_blank">Erin Hanson's Painted Parks</a></i>, 2016.

Fins at Arches

12 x 9 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Bright new colors of spring cover the red cliffs and fins of Arches National Park, the monsoon rains bringing beautiful light and color to the landscape. The brush strokes in this painting are loose and impressionistic, full of life and motion.

Drenched in Spring

30 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $215

 

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Fins at Arches National Park, painted in oil on board.

Arches Fins

11 x 14 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
This painting is part of the show A FEELING OF HUMANITY: WESTERN ART FROM THE KEN RATNER COLLECTION, which will be traveling to the following museums: Mattuck Museum, 2014. Rockwell Museum of Western Art, 2015. Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, 2015. Arches National Park is captured is loose brush strokes and vivid color, an excellent example of Hanson's signature style of Open Impressionism.

Arches National Park

8 x 10 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
About the Painting: An early painting of Arches National Park, here you can see how Hanson was experimenting to figure out how to make the colors in her paint as saturated and bright as the landscapes she saw in person. Exhibited: St George Art Museum, Utah, in a solo exhibition celebrating the National Park's centennial: <i>Erin Hanson's Painted Parks</i>, 2016. <i><a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ContemporaryImpressionismatGoddardCenter" target="_blank">Open Impressionism: The Works of Erin Hanson</i></a>, a 10-year retrospective and study of the development of Open Impressionism at The Goddard Center in Ardmore, OK.

Gnarled at Arches

40 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

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La Sal mountain after a snowfall, seen from Arches National Park.

La Sal at Arches

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $205

 
This painting is currently in the artist's personal collection. Please email us for availability. This painting was included in the exhibition <i><a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ContemporaryImpressionismatGoddardCenter" target="_blank">Open Impressionism: The Works of Erin Hanson</i></a>, a 10-year retrospective and study of the development of Open Impressionism at The Goddard Center in Ardmore, OK. About the painting: After seeing photos of Delicate Arch, Hanson made the journey to Arches to see the amazing rock formations for herself. She has since explored Arches National Park a half dozen times, each time finding something new in the changing desert. This was one of the first paintings Hanson created of Delicate Arch. This painting was created on 1-1/2" canvas, with the painting continued around the edges. It has been framed in a gold floater frame.

Arch Abstract

30 x 24 in

Original Oil  UNAVAILABLE

 

 

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