"The Plaza at Guapalayna" Sharon Stillwater

"The Plaza at Guapalayna" Sharon Stillwater. # 1 of 50. Signed, numbered limited edition giclée print on canvas.  20" x 30". Gallery wrap.

This portrays the colorful but reclusive Tarahumara people who call the remote regions of the Barrancas del Corbe (Copper Canyon) in the Sierra Madre mountains of northern Mexico home.  The Tarahumara are believed to have been a part of the trade route that included the Anasizi of New Mexico and Arizona ad are considerred to be aoung the nost ethically pure cultures in North America. 

A giclée (zhee-clay) print is considered to be a piece of fine art, just as all limited edition prints are. The word comes from the French meaning “to spray". Digital technology is used to perfectly reproduce the original oil painting in terms of color, light and definition. The final image is archived and reproduced on archival canvas using museum quality ULTRACHROME inks in seven colors. A water and UV protective coating is applied so that the image and colors will be protected from damaging light and moisture.

I was born on a cold, snowy night Dec. 18, 1942—a volatile mixture of Native American, faded aristocracy, Scottish reclusiveness and French haughtiness. I grew up in far northern Ohio surrounded by flowers, farm and animals, and looked after by sainted, salt of the earth Midwesterners. It was out of this idyllic early childhood, that I developed the strength and courage needed to face the struggles of life and to endure.

I left city life as soon as I could for the deserts and mountains of New Mexico, my soul’s true home. Except for some fairly extensive international travel, I have remained here ever since. What sustains me here, aside from my dear friends, my art and my dogs, is being able to hike daily in the wilderness.

Art has always been in my life, but it started to become more central to it after I retired from my work as a psychotherapist. I had known that art was where Iturned when I needed to express intense feelings and struggles for which I could find no other outlet, but nothing could have surprised me more than to find that what I was doing resonated and was important to others.

It was with great trepidation that I entered the “public” world of art about 15 years ago after much pushing and shoving from friends and other artists. It is for this reason that I term myself the 'accidental artist'. It is not what I set out to do, I simply stumbled upon it and am very grateful that I did.

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