Elizabeth Garat

Taos Gorge Landscape, Oil Painting

2020

Artist Comments
A fall landscape at sunset, with golden clouds rushing across the expansive sky. "Northern New Mexico is known for mythical light, sculptural land forms and dramatic skies," says artist Elizabeth Garat. "What struck me about the setting of this painting was the vivid contrast of warm autumnal colors against the deep indigo blue in the shadows of the gorge and the band of sky beneath the clouds."

About the Artist
Growing up in California and Colorado, Elizabeth spent much of her formative years outdoors. “Exposure to nature early on planted the seed of landscape painting in me,” she says. She enjoyed spending time on her grandfather’s sunny sheep ranch and going to the beach with her grandmother. Her grandmother also would bring her to art galleries in Laguna Beach, where she was first introduced to California Impressionism. Today, Elizabeth lives in Tennessee and enjoys painting both outdoors and in her studio, a detached garage at her home. She has a keen interest in working with color and capturing the effects of light.

Words that describe this painting: landscape, New Mexico, Taos, Rio Grande Gorge, autumn, sunset, southwestern, canyon, fall, clouds, sky, impressionism, landscape, western, representational, oil painting, blue

Taos Gorge Landscape
Elizabeth Garat
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2020
18 in. h x 24 in. w x 1 in. d
3 lbs. 0 oz.