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Paintings of Monument Valley

The red desert of Arizona's Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is filled with varying hues of vermillion, blush, and umber. Mittens Butte and Merrick Butte tower over the sandy vista, attracting tourists, artists, and filmmakers alike. Painters like Ralph Brownell McGrew, Maynard Dixon, and Erin Hanson have interpreted these ever-changing sands and spires in their distinct styles. Hanson uses hand-mixed hues to showcase the rock variegations and shifting clouds in her impressionist paintings. Each Hanson landscape painting also exhibits the bristlecone pines, yucca, tumbleweed, juniper, and other flora that thrive in Monument Valley.

The red desert of Arizona's Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is filled with varying hues of vermillion, blush, and umber. Mittens Butte and Merrick Butte tower over the sandy vista, attracting tourists, artists, and filmmakers alike. Painters like Ralph Brownell McGrew, Maynard Dixon, and Erin Hanson have interpreted these ever-changing sands and spires in their distinct styles. Hanson uses hand-mixed hues to showcase the rock variegations and shifting clouds in her impressionist paintings. Each Hanson landscape painting also exhibits the bristlecone pines, yucca, tumbleweed, juniper, and other flora that thrive in Monument Valley.

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Monument Valley
Anyone who has seen a sunset over Monument Valley will never forget it. As the world slowly darkens and the landscape hushes, the sky celebrates the closing of another day with brilliant hues and cloud formations. This painting captures that transient moment in time with thick, impasto brush strokes and expressionistic color. 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. --- Monument Valley <B>F U N F A C T S</B> Formed during the Permian period (50 million years before dinosaurs roamed the earth), this patch of land once formed part of a seafloor where sediments and sandstone piled up in layers for millions of years. The Valley is now a sacred place for the Navajo, whose mythology holds that these grand spires contain the spirits of Najavo warriors. Monument Valley is found on the Navajo National Reservation. The Valley is also one of the most filmed spots in the history of filmmaking. The valley was hailed "John Wayne country" for appearing in no less than five of his movies. It also served as a backdrop for an iconic scene in Forest Gump. "There are certain places in the world that seem like special effects, they don't seem real," said film historian Scott Eyman. "They're too perfect. And the first time you come here, you see it through John Ford's eyes." (Ford is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential film-makers in history.) -- This painting was a part of the <a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/redrock2018" target=_blank"><i>The Red Rock Show</i></a> in San Diego in 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.

Mittens Dusk

39 x 35 in

Original Oil  $23,200

Textured Replicas from $2,100

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Hanson has always been drawn to the dramatic in landscapes, and nothing is as dramatic as the wide open desertscapes and majestic buttes of Utah and Arizona. The landscape is almost too incredible to take in, and Hanson has painted it over and over, trying to recapture the magic she feels when she sees it in person. 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.

Monument Horizon

24 x 36 in

Original Oil  $16,400

 

 
<B>PLEASE NOTE: This painting will be hanging at the <I>Desert Caballeros Western Museum </I>for their 18th annual <I>Cowgirl Up</I> exhibition. You may purchase this painting online, but the earliest we can ship your painting is September 3rd.</B> Red rock fins stretch dramatically into the desert sky, in this petite oil painting of Monument Valley. The Four Corners region is famous for its dramatic buttes and red rock formations, and the strong compositional elements have inspired many southwestern paintings. "Red Buttes" is an original oil painting on linen board. The piece arrives framed in a black and gold plein air frame, ready to hang.

Red Buttes

16 x 12 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Textured Replicas from $900

Prints from $230
Monument Valley is captured in rich hues of red against a baby blue sky. The brush strokes are thick and impressionistic, alive with color and texture. "Monument Clouds" is an original oil painting on linen board. The piece arrives framed in a black and gold plein air frame.

Monument Clouds

12 x 12 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Textured Replicas from $700

Prints from $170
Deep in Monument Valley, standing between the looming Mittens, a passing monsoon showered down upon the red desert earth. The buttes glowed pink and purple in the light of the setting sun, while the green and gold desert shrubs glinted in the fading light. "Desert Monsoon" is an original oil painting created on stretched canvas and framed in a contemporary gold floater frame.

Desert Monsoon

36 x 50 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Textured Replicas from $2,100

Prints from $240
This Western oil painting brings to life the grandeur of the Four Corners region, capturing the red rock buttes near Monument Valley. The dramatic monsoon clouds rise high above the landscape, bringing their daily rain to the desert floor. This large painting measures 6 feet x 6 feet, and the work has been framed in a custom-made gold floater frame.

Four Corners

72 x 72 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $170

 
The "Mittens" at Monument Valley are some of the most dramatic buttes on the Colorado Plateau. These amazing red rock formations are most beautiful and sunrise or sunset, when their colors become even more brilliant and saturated. This painting captures the dramatic desertscape with loose, impressionistic brush strokes. 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 floater frame.

The Monuments

36 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $265

 
Watching dawn over Monument Valley is a breathtaking experience. Each new minute brings a fresh vista of color before you, an ever-changing kaleidoscope of red rock hues. This painting was created with thick, impressionistic brush strokes of oil paint. This painting was done on 1-1/2" canvas, with the painting continued around the edges of the canvas, and it has been framed in a custom, gold-leaf floater frame. The painting arrives ready to hang.

Monument Dawn

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $215

 
This painting captures the beauty of the four corners region with bright, contemporary color. The loose brush strokes are evocative of the motion and transient light of an early dawn over the red rock desert. 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.

Mittens

16 x 12 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $230

 
Monument Valley, located at the Four Corners region on the Colorado Plateau, is one of the most dramatic national monuments in the Southwest. The striking red rock buttes and spires loom up from the desert floor, made of seeming fragile sandstone, and yet withstanding the eons. This scene from Monument Valley is captured in thick, impressionistic brush strokes, in Hanson's signature Open Impressionism style. This painting was created on 1-1/2" canvas, with the painting continued around the edges of the canvas. The piece has been framed in a gold floater frame and arrives ready to hang.

Monument Buttes

40 x 28 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $240

 
A wind-swept bristlecone pine stands guard over Monument Valley, home to some of the most striking rock formations in the Southwest. The multi-colored red earth is a dramatic contrast against the summer blue sky. The brush strokes in this painting are loose and impressionistic, creating a mosaic of color and texture across the canvas.

Bristlecone in Red

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $215

 
Monument Valley is portrayed on this canvas in warm shades of cadmium and magenta. This contemporary impressionist painting is alive with color and texture, each impasto brush stroke adding to the overall motion and composition of the work. This painting has been framed in an Open Impressionist frame. Read more about the <a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Blog?p=AboutErinHanson" target="_blank">painting's details here.</a>

Monument in Orange

36 x 50 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $240

 

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The buttes skirting the edges of Monument Valley are monoliths of beauty in their own right. Their tall, flat planes of color rise starkly from the flat desert floor, which itself is rainbow of color: green and purple shrubs planted against bright orange sands. This painting captures monsoon clouds on a summer day at the four corners region. The brush strokes are thick and impressionistic, creating a mosaic of color and texture across the canvas. This painting was done on 1-1/2"-deep canvas, with the painting continued around the edges. <i>Buttes and Sky</i> has been framed in a hand-carved, gold leaf floater frame that was custom-made for this painting.

Buttes and Sky

70 x 60 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $205

 
Dramatic sunset light plays over these buttes at Monument Valley. The Four Corners region has some of the most stunning color in the Western states. Rich lavenders and bold cadmium hues come to life at sunset, captured here in thick impressionistic oils. 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. 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.

Desert Dawn

30 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $230

 
Monument Valley's iconic mittens are painted in all their bold glory, with dramatic clouds bursting across the sky. The brush work in this painting is spontaneous and intriguing, adding another dimension to the painting that pulls you further into the landscape, as seen by the artist's eye.

The Guardians

38 x 52 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $240

 
Monument Valley is the perfect place to find a dramatic desert sunset. This painting captures the vivid colors of late afternoon in a loose brush stroke.

Monument Sky III

9 x 12 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The magnificent landscape of Monument Valley is portrayed here in bold oils and a loose brush.

Monument Valley

11 x 14 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $215

 
Long purple shadows contour the sand dunes of Monument Valley, in southern Utah. The wispy sagebrush are pale green after a springtime rain.

Utah Color

30 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $170

 
Monument Valley is the perfect place to inspire dramatic paintings, with its wide colorful skies and multitude of beautiful red and purple buttes. This oil painting uses wide brush strokes and lots of texture to communicate the movement and life of this Utah landscape.

Monument Pine

42 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Brilliant reds of Monument Valley captured in loose brush strokes. This painting has an abstract feel, giving you a feel of being in the red rock desert without being too explicit.

Red Monument

24 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Sherbet rainbow colors capture the feel of a Monument Valley sunset.

Monument in the Sky

24 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
This dramatic piece uses broad brush strokes and a simple composition to communicate the feel of being at Monument Valley.

Utah Monument

60 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
A purple sunset sky at Monument Valley, seen from Painters Point.

Monument Sky

30 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
A dramatic Utah sky overlooks this abstract red rock landscape inspired by Monument Valley.

Monument Sky II

48 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
A rainbow of color highlights the red rock landscape of Monument Valley, Utah.

Monument Rainbow

48 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The desert sky over Monument Valley is hugely expansive, a deep ultramarine blue.

Desert Sky

40 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Last rays of sunlight hitting the mittens at Monument Valley. This painting captures the dramatic feeling everyone gets visiting Monument Valley.

Monument Last Light

30 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Reds and purples of Monument Valley captured in loose brush strokes.

Monument Reds

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 

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