The painted Desert and Petrified Forrest
by Phyllis Kaltenbach
Title
The painted Desert and Petrified Forrest
Artist
Phyllis Kaltenbach
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
This is my painting, rendition from photos I took in the Petrified Forrest and the Painted desert in the Northern part of Arizona. Many things are splashed up into one painting. I hope you enjoy my painting,
The North - the Painted Desert: Description from Petrified Forest National Park
A 27 mile road runs through Petrified Forest National Park, from exit 311 of I-40, south to US 180. The surroundings are for the most part empty grasslands, and the closest town is Holbrook, 26 miles to the west. The visitor center is at the north end and there is a small museum at the south entrance. In the north, the first few miles of the road wind along the rim of a mesa overlooking the Painted Desert, past 8 viewpoints of the rolling multicolored landscape, with one short trail along the cliff edge. The patterns visible in the eroded soft sedimentary rocks are due mainly to hematite (red), limonite (yellow) and gypsum (white), and the colors are especially striking at sunset. The park boundaries have been extended twice, in 1932 and 1970, to include a large area of the desert to the north, and although there are no maintained paths in this region, off-trail hiking and back-country camping are permitted; the main destination is the Black Forest, which has large amounts of petrified wood, darker in color compared to other locations, and including many complete trunks, together with badlands and photogenic, eroded rock formations. Also in this area is Onyx Bridge, a 40-foot tree that spans a dry wash, though the log partially collapsed a few years ago. The Painted Desert extends about 150 miles across northeast Arizona, from the Petrified Forest towards the Little Colorado River, Tuba City and beyond.
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January 31st, 2012
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Comments (19)
Morris Finkelstein
Revisiting this beautiful painting of elements of the landscape of Northern Arizona, with colors, light, and shapes, Phyllis! F/L
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful painting of elements of the landscape of Northern Arizona. The colors and shapes are wonderful. Congratulations on your feature in the group. F/L
Phyllis Kaltenbach replied:
Thank you, very much, Morris! Your comments and f/l are most appreciated!
John Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in "Images That Excite You!"
Phyllis Kaltenbach replied:
Thank you very much John for featuring my paining of The painted Desert and Petrified Forest in "Images That Excite You! Most appreciated!
Lenore Senior
Fabulous! Love it! v/f
Phyllis Kaltenbach replied:
Thank you very much, Lenore! I worked a long time on this. I appreciate your appreciation! ;-)
Phyllis Kaltenbach
I hope I answered you to say Thanks. I remeber writing to you but I may not have pushed the darn comment button! Thank You, and I hope you get to see it one day. ;-)