"Comb Ridge" is the oil pictured above and it depicts a geologic formation that is a hundred miles long from north to south, but only 10 miles wide or so east to west. It is where I like to retreat to paint every spring or fall. The hiking is wonderful on the dry sandstone although I have been caught in a thundershower and then its slickrock and wildflowers. This escarpment is adjacent to Bluff, Utah and Cedar Mesa and Monument Valley, which are all special places culturally. Today's multi-culture is thriving: new old-pueblo sites are still being found and contemporary artists exhibit new works. But I enjoy Comb Ridge for its ever changing weather and wild lands, which remain unprotected. see <suwa.org> for more info on Federal management.
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