Ancient Sea 20x60

New Mexico was once covered in an ancient inland sea and on my hikes through the desert and canyons I find fossils of the shells which once inhabited this sea.

This piece began with the idea of recreating the fossils and I hand shaped each fossil that appears in the “truth window” squares along the middle of the painting. The gold leaf is glazed to create the sunset colors. The blue can be both the land and the sky reflecting light back.

This piece may be hung either vertically or horizontally