Acrylic on canvas. / A young Frida Kahlo flying free over her beloved homeland Mexico.
This original acrylic painting on canvas began as a sketch of the Sandia Mountains around sunset, but evolved into something else when I decided to add the adobe wall. I especially like the adobe walls with the wagonwheels enclosed. People around here create some very charming adobe walls, gates and doorways.
“The Blue Door” is a familiar sight in New Mexico against the warm terracotta tones of adobe walls. Hollyhocks add a beautiful touch of color during the summer.
Aspens on Lake Peak, Pecos Wilderness, New Mexico, USA.
A curving line of pure white gypsum crystals in the heart of White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA. This National Park unit preserves a large part of the world’s largest gypsum dune field, which advances slowly to the east day-by-day. [U.S. National Park Service website] [Wikipedia entry] / Copyright © 2001 Brian W. Schaller – All rights reserved. Copies, reproductions and altered versions are not permitted.
A delightful close up painting of an orange cactus bloom surround with the cactus pear leaves, painted in reference to the many beautiful cactus that bloom in Las Cruces New Mexico. 12×12 x 1.5 oil on gallery wrapped canvas
Painted Buffalo skull on leather shield against colorful motif. The turquoise, or blue, colorization, in its many hues, is a sacred color which wards off evil.
A petroglyph is a carving or engraving in rock; especially an ancient one. My ancestors left tens of thousands such depictions of their lives on rocks throughout the Great American Southwest. / This fellow I have created here displays the Zia (Sun) with its four rays – “To the Zia Indian, the sacred number is embodied in the earth, with its four directions; in the year, with its four seasons; in the day, with the sunrise, noon, evening, and night; in life, with its four divisions—childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Everything is bound together in a circle of life and love, without beginning, without end.”
Left etched on a remote rock during a hunting foray, the ancient hunter stands depicted along with his quarry.
San Felipe de Neri is a beautiful old church located in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The original church was built in 1706 and was located across the street. It crumbled due to heavy rains in 1792. It was rebuilt in 1793 in it’s current location and is the oldest church in Albuquerque. All proceeds from this work are to be donated to the Philadelphia Mission to feed, clothe, and provide medicine and education to the starving children in Africa. The link is http://www.philadelphia33.org/.
Atsá (Diné [Navajo] word for eagle). Eagle, the master of the sky, is considered a carrier of prayers. Many Indian Nations honor this bird as possessing courage, wisdom, and a special connection to the creator. This is often confused with the “thunderbird” image concept. Eagle is also a Directional Protector(the Sky) spirit, and an image associated with spirits and visions. / My depiction represents three Bald Eagles circling about the Sun, here symbolized by the sacred Zia (Zia Pueblo word for ‘Sun’). Its rays marking the four directions; in the year, with its four seasons; in the day, with the sunrise, noon, evening, and night; in life, with its four divisions—childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Everything is bound together in a circle of life and love, without beginning, without end.
Zia Keresean (language of the Zia Pueblo [and other Keres pueblos] in New Mexico) for Sun. New Mexico’s distinctive insignia is the Zia (Sun) Symbol, which originated with the Indians of Zia Pueblo (north central New Mexico) in ancient times. Its design reflects their tribal philosophy, with its wealth of pantheistic spiritualism teaching the basic harmony of all things in the universe. Four is the sacred number of Zia, and the figure is composed of a circle from which four points radiate. These points made up of four straight lines of varying length personify the number most often used by the Giver of all good gifts. To the Zia Indian, the sacred number is embodied in the earth, with its four directions; in the year, with its four seasons; in the day, with the sunrise, noon, evening, and night; in life, with its four divisions—childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Everything is bound together in a circle of life and love, without beginning, without end. The Zia believe, too, that in this great brotherhood of all things, man has four sacred obligations: he must develop a strong body, a clear mind, a pure spirit, and a devotion to the welfare of his people. This is the symbol which adorns the flag of New Mexico.
Sunrise in Mexico
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Frida Kahlo ( 1910-1954 ) Inspired by the early 20th century Mexican artist and revolutionary. 210×260 in ink and pencil. Featured in Featured Feature Featured in Melbourne, Victoria Featured in Painted Ladies
This painting of Chimayo, New Mexico in spring is a 16 X 20 Oil painting by Oregon artist Barbara Anne Applegate. / El Santuario de Chimayo, a National Historic Landmark, is located east of Espanola in the town of Chimayo, New Mexico, on NM 76. Constructed from 1813 to 1816 as a private chapel, this small adobe church is considered to be one of the most beautiful examples of Spanish Colonial architecture in New Mexico. Known as “the Loudres of New Mexico” because of the healing power of the mud found there. El Santuario was a privately owned chapel until the year l929, at that time several / people from Santa Fe bought it and turned it over to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. This has been Featured in the Following Groups: / Retired and Happy / New Mexico Has had aTop Ten Challenge Win in: / Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses
You can’t go to Sedona, Arizona without browsing around the shops at the Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village. You will find numerous stores, restaurants and galleries. It is designed to resemble an old Mexican Village and it was named after a neighborhood in the suburbs of Guadalajara, Mexico. Nikon D-80 / 18-135 mm lens / CP filter / Slight orton effect applied
Cabo San Lucas Arch-Baja California-Mexico.
Acrylic on back stapled stretched canvas. 14” x 11” . Kokopelli was one of the earliest spirit figures depicted in ancient petroglyphs in the American Southwest.
Birds on the beach in the early morning on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico. Best Viewed Large!
Eagle medicine is the power of the Great Spirit. Eagles teach personal power, healing, and wisdom. Eagles are gifted with clear vision to truly see the things one sees. Within the belief systems of North American tribes, Eagle represents a state of grace achieved through hard work, understanding, and a completion of the tests of initiation which result in the taking of one’s personal power. It is only through the trial of experiencing the lows in life as well as the highs, and through the trial of trusting one’s connection to the Great Spirit, that the right to use the essence of Eagle medicine is earned. Eagles are the primary servant of Sun and protect against evil.
Taken somewhere along Route 66 in New Mexico.
Taken along Route 66 at San Fidel, New Mexico.
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