Original Ross Stefan Oil On Canvas, Halfway To Kayenta, Listed Arizona Artist. This is a spectacular original oil painting by listed artist, Ross Stefan (1934 -1999). It was acquired from the private collection of a local Northwest artist. Due to ill health, Ross Stefan moved to southern Arizona in 1953, where he became an art student at the University of Arizona. In his spare time, Stefan worked as an illustrator for the Tucson Daily Citizen, using a melding of his own self-taught style with that of his early muse, Norman Rockwell. This foray into paid work convinced Ross Stefan to quit his studies at the University and begin painting full-time in 1955 in a studio and gallery he established in Tubac. It was also in 1955 that Ross Stefan first traveled out into the desert to spend time with the Navajos, painting and drawing the people and landscapes of the untouched West. From that point onward, Stefans work was amongst the most coveted and best-collected in the state of Arizona, with major retrospectives of his work at the Phippen Museum, the Harmsen Collection, the Denver Art Museum, the Pierce Western Collection, the Phoenix Art Museum and the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center. Ross Stefans scenes of pueblo life and the southern Arizona landscape are still archetypes of the genre, and his legacy is secure as one of the leading Arizona artists of the twentieth century. ” This painting is titled “Halfway To Kayenta. It depicts 3 Navajo figures riding on horseback as they make their way across the snowy Arizona landscape. The painting has a beautiful simplicity to it, which is typical of this style of southwestern art. The painting is an oil on canvas, signed in the lower right corner. It is additionally signed and titled on the verso. The painting is 12″ x 16″. The original, vintage frame measures 24 1/2″ x 20 1/2″. The frame is wood with linen lining. The wider part of the frame has been painted gold with a “distressed” appearance. The inner rim of the frame is silver. Please read the condition details above, and consider the photos as part of the description. Feel free to ask further questions. This is a fine collector’s piece! The item “Original Ross Stefan Oil On Canvas, Halfway To Kayenta, Listed Arizona Artist” is in sale since Wednesday, December 07, 2016. This item is in the category “Art\Art from Dealers & Resellers\Paintings”. The seller is “northwestislandcollections” and is located in Clinton, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Signed?: Signed
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Subject: Southwestern Landscape
• Region of Origin: US
• Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
• Painting Surface: Canvas
• Artist: Ross Stefan
• Date of Creation: 1970-1989
• Main Color: White
• Framed/Unframed: Framed