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Paintings of Canyon de Chelly

Arizona's Canyon de Chelly is on tribal lands, and one can feel the spirituality and history the moment one lays eyes on the verdant canyon and red rock spires. Erin Hanson has explored this national monument several times and has painted the red rock landscape throughout the seasons. Hanson's Canyon de Chelly paintings share an impressionistic view of red rock vistas, spring panoramas, and the play of dawn light across the canyon. These western paintings capture the essence of the ancient rock formations found in Canyon de Chelly.     

Arizona's Canyon de Chelly is on tribal lands, and one can feel the spirituality and history the moment one lays eyes on the verdant canyon and red rock spires. Erin Hanson has explored this national monument several times and has painted the red rock landscape throughout the seasons. Hanson's Canyon de Chelly paintings share an impressionistic view of red rock vistas, spring panoramas, and the play of dawn light across the canyon. These western paintings capture the essence of the ancient rock formations found in Canyon de Chelly.     

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Canyon De Chelly
This small canvas captures the grand vista of Canyon de Chelly in Arizona with a few loose, expressive brush strokes. The saturated colors in this petite work create a medley of texture and movement within the piece. "Canyon Reds" is an original oil painting on linen board. The piece arrives framed in a wide, custom frame designed to set off the colors in the piece.

Canyon Reds

5 x 7 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Canyon de Chelly is the less-visited little sister of the Grand Canyon. The orange and pink cliff sides descend to a lush valley floor that is green with grazing grass and cottonwood trees in the springtime. This contemporary impressionist painting captures the first light of dawn into the canyon. "Arizona Canyon" is an original oil painting on linen board. The piece arrives in a black and gold plein air frame, ready to hang.

Arizona Canyon

20 x 16 in

Original Oil  SOLD

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The brilliant hues of dawn illuminate the red rock cliffs of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. The summer-green cottonwoods gleam with warm yellow light, and the winding stream reflects the blue morning sky above. "Canyon de Chelly Dawn" was created on gallery depth linen canvas, and the painting arrives framed in a contemporary gold floater frame, ready to hang.

Canyon de Chelly Dawn

28 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Textured Replicas from $1,500

Prints from $215
Lively color illuminates the canvas in this painting of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. Early morning sun rays streak down the red rock cliffs and fill the canyon with glowing light. Impressionistic brush strokes capture the transience of the moment. This painting was created on 1-1/2" canvas, with the painting continued around the edges. The piece arrives framed in a contemporary gold floater frame, ready to hang.

Canyon Dawns

24 x 32 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $230

 
Warm light contrasts with rich shadows in this oil painting of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. This painting was inspired by the view standing on the very edge of the canyon, looking down onto the winding river and cottonwood trees below. The painting captures the beautiful variety of color and textures you can find in the desert. This painting was done on 1-1/2" canvas, with the painting continued around the edges. It has been framed in a gilded and hand-carved floater frame.

Canyon Vista

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $215

 
Hiking into Canyon de Chelly I discovered this family of cottonwood trees nestled under the curving wall of the canyon. The reddish pink sandstone was the perfect contrast to the bright green leaves of the cottonwoods. The brush strokes in this painting are thick and impressionistic, creating a mosaic of color and texture across the canvas. This painting was created on 1-1/2" deep canvas, and it has been framed in a gold floater frame. "Canyon Walls" was part of the artist's personal home collection.

Canyon Walls

36 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $230

 
Canyon de Chelly awakens with the dawn, warm light soaking down the canyon walls and illuminating the canyon floor wtih streaks of green and orange. The brush strokes are loose and impressionistic, alive with color and light.

Canyon de Chelly II

12 x 16 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Canyon de Chelly has drawn be back to paint its ever-changing colors and shadows, year after year. This painting shows the delicate early spring colors as canyon floor becomes sprinkled with tender green shoots. This painting was done on 3/4"-deep stretched canvas. It has been framed in a classic plein air frame and arrives wired and ready to hang.

Arizona Shadow

12 x 16 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Crystalline color glitters through this grove of cottonwood trees in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. The abstract shapes of the criss-crossing leaves and branches create brilliant pattersn of light and color on the canvas. This small oil painting was created on canvas-wrapped board. It has been framed in a traditional plein air frame, and it arrives ready to hang.

Crystal Canyon

12 x 16 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Canyon de Chelly is one of my favorite National Monuments in Arizona. Every year I find a new way to explore the red rock canyon, becoming newly inspired every time. This painting was created after an early spring visit, the red canyon floor becoming dusted with a pale spring grass. The olives and cottonwoods follow the winding wash, casting long cool shadows across the canyon floor. The brush strokes in this painting are loose and impressionistic, with a delicate stained glass quality. The oil painting is full of movement and excitement, bringing to life the transient light of early dawn. This painting was created on gallery-depth canvas, with the edges painted all around as a continuation of the piece. You may hang it without framing as desired.

Daybreak

36 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $230

 
Standing on the rim of Canyon de Chelly at daybreak, the light is so magical, bringing the canyon floor suddenly out of its pre-dawn gloom with a rainbow burst of color. The cottonwoods are green with spring, the fields lush with recent rains. This painting was created on a gallery-depth canvas with the painting continued around the edges. The painting will arrive in a beautiful hardwood floater frame, ready to hang. <a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Blog?p=behind-the-art-canyon-color">Read more about this painting here!</a> 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.

Canyon Color

48 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $170

 
This piece is second in the series of cottonwood paintings inspired by Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. The reddish pink sandstone is the perfect contrast to the bright green leaves of the cottonwoods. The brush strokes in this painting are thick and impressionistic, creating a mosaic of color and texture across the canvas. This painting was created on 1-1/2" deep canvas. This piece arrives framed in a gold floater frame.

Cottonwoods in Chelly II

30 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 

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Canyon de Chelly has amazing sunrises, the cadmium sun rays slowly rising over the edge of the canyon, casting long shadows across the lush green canyon floor. The brush strokes in this painting are alive with texture and motion, vibrant with colors that stir the senses.

Chelly Dawn

30 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $215

 
Spring greens emerge in the canyon wash of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. This dramatic canyon, a little sister of the Grand Canyon, is a beautiful place to hike and horseback ride. The brush strokes in this painting are thick and impressionistic, creating a mosaic of color and texture.

Canyon Wash

30 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $230

 
Summer green cottonwoods flank the red sandstone cliff side of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. The canyon floor is wet with red mud, gently reflecting the landscape.

Cottonwoods at Chelly III

36 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Red sandstone is the perfect color contrast for summer cottonwoods in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. The brush strokes in this painting are thick and impressionistic. Erin fell in love with the pastel-aqua greens against the desert canyon walls, and this painting inspired a series of four "Cottonwoods at Chelly" oil paintings.

Cottonwoods at Chelly

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Long afternoon shadows stretch across the high sandstone cliffs of Canyon de Chelly, the red sandstone baking in the late sun. The spindly evergreens stretch and curl into the hot desert air. This oil painting captures the movement and feel of hiking the rim of Canyon de Chelly.

Edge of the Canyon

36 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $230

 
The parting clouds after an afternoon thundershower allow beautiful colored light to reflect on rain-filled depressions in the sandstone. Canyon de Chelly has a few look with every passing day, the changing light and atmosphere creating completely different color contrasts.

After the Rain

36 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
This wide triptych gives you the feeling of wide open space that you feel in your gut when you stand at the edge of Canyon de Chelly. The abstract shapes in the landscape fit together like a mosaic of color and texture.

Patterns in Triptych

48 x 96 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $895

 
Deep within Canyon de Chelly, ghosts of the past lurk in the protected shadows of the canyon walls, where the Ancient Peoples once dwelt.

Ghosts of Chelly

24 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $265

 
Cottonwoods reflected in a pool of rainwater. This is the fourth painting in the "Cottonwoods at Chelly" series.

Cottonwoods at Chelly IV

36 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Awe-inspiring view of Canyon de Chelly, captured in bold brush strokes and brilliant color.

Down in the Canyon

60 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $215

 
Noonday sunlight finally reaches the canyon floor of Canyon de Chelly Monument, Arizona.

Canyon Light

30 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Pink sandstone cliffs cast long blue shadows at Canyon de Chelly Monument, Arizona. This painting brings to life the color and drama of this beautiful Monument.

Chelly Shadows

36 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $285

 
Pale afternoon shadows in Canyon de Chelly. The cottonwoods are blushing green from the summer monsoons.

Canyon Shadows

40 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $215

 
Hiking in Canyon de Chelly found this beautiful canyon filled with grass and cottonwoods, green with recent monsoon rains, with wild horses grazing everywhere.

Horse Canyon

48 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Spider Rock, looming majestically over the desert floor, at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona.

Spider Rock

30 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
High contrast colors at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. The brush strokes are thick and impressionistic.

Red Canyon

30 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 

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