© april 2012
wool
12” x 9"
This small study tapestry was woven while I was the Arizona Centennial artist-in-residence at the Lees Ferry unit of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. I had become intrigued with the morning view from my bedroom window that looked out to the southwest towards part of the Johnson Point formation & the Vermilion Cliffs; I wanted to see what it looked like just as night fell. Just as a few stars began to appear, I went to check the view out front that I had been seeing from my window & was enchanted by the sight of the constellation Orion hanging in the neon blue sky over the silhouette of the cliffs. I quickly did a rough sketch of the landforms’ outlines as dusk fell, which was later completed as this loose watercolor. After returning to my chair in the backyard, which was a bluff overlooking the Colorado River, I wrapped up in a blanket, listened to the river’s rush & watched the stars slowly appear by the hundreds, shimmering like diamonds in the velvet ocean of sky.
Prior to the weaving of this small piece, I designed & wove another small study, upriver day. These two studies became the inspiration for the larger diptych I wove after returning home, upriver day, vermilion night, which is now part of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area's permanent collection.
wool
12” x 9"
This small study tapestry was woven while I was the Arizona Centennial artist-in-residence at the Lees Ferry unit of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. I had become intrigued with the morning view from my bedroom window that looked out to the southwest towards part of the Johnson Point formation & the Vermilion Cliffs; I wanted to see what it looked like just as night fell. Just as a few stars began to appear, I went to check the view out front that I had been seeing from my window & was enchanted by the sight of the constellation Orion hanging in the neon blue sky over the silhouette of the cliffs. I quickly did a rough sketch of the landforms’ outlines as dusk fell, which was later completed as this loose watercolor. After returning to my chair in the backyard, which was a bluff overlooking the Colorado River, I wrapped up in a blanket, listened to the river’s rush & watched the stars slowly appear by the hundreds, shimmering like diamonds in the velvet ocean of sky.
Prior to the weaving of this small piece, I designed & wove another small study, upriver day. These two studies became the inspiration for the larger diptych I wove after returning home, upriver day, vermilion night, which is now part of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area's permanent collection.
This work by lyn hart is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.