Original artwork description:

Certificate of Authenticity Included

Pequeño Grande means Little Big in Spanish. This work is an abstracted view from the bottom of the Rio Grande canyon near Taos. The river here is still small, as is the gorge. It was a gorgeous, sunny, fall day with a toasty breeze I reveled in. I sketched numerous canvases there and brought them back to detail in my Denver studio. In this painting, the midground rock formations were backed by the more solid canyon wall, shown in deep indigo, which was capped with a smarmy indigo beret I accented with orange sandstone shapes. The vegetation and fallen rock are scribbled with soft charcoal, and you'll find the pastel pigment deep and rich over top the complex glazed layers of acrylic paint. Pequeño Grande may be little, but it's impact is big.

This canvas is mounted on 1-1/2" deep museum stretchers which are painted as 3D extensions of the main image.

Heather W. Ernst holds exclusive rights over her original work, which may be issued in the form of a maximum of thirty Limited Edition reproductions.

Heather's original work and her Limited Editions, whether issued by herself or by an authorized representative, are protected by both The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as administered by The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works as they pertain to international copyright agreements, and by the Library of Congress of the United States of America. Any attempt to copy or reproduce or to create derivative works from any material works or art displayed online shall be legally prosecuted as stated by law.

Materials used:

Paint, Acrylic, Pastel, Charcoal, on Canvas with 1-1/2" Deep Museum Mount, Painted Edges, Prewired for Hanging

Tags:

##newmexico ##taos ##riogrande ##gorge #blue #nature #red #yellow #sky #orange #purple #energy ##landscape ##abstractlandscape ##peaceful ##pastel ##charcoal ##canyon