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Ray Patrick
Painted Desert Sky, 2026
Oil on canvas
7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
Framed
From the artist's studio, 2026
$600 + $25 shipping in the US
Ray Patrick
Oil on canvas
7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
Framed
From the artist's studio, 2026
$600 + $25 shipping in the US
Storm cloud breaking up over a desert ridge at sunset, with the low sun catching the underside of the cloud and the top of the ridge.
Two thirds sky, and the cloud mass is read as a ceiling — heavy at the top edge, lifting toward the right where blue breaks through. The lit ridge beneath runs the full width as one unbroken orange band.
Slate and charcoal in the cloud body, with coral and apricot where the light strikes it. The ridge is cadmium orange; below it, olive and khaki with small green uprights.
The cloud is built from broad loaded strokes laid in several directions, with the lit edges cut in afterwards as separate strokes of unmixed orange. The ridge is one long horizontal pull.
Oil on board. Thick throughout, with visible ridges across the whole sky. The board's edges are painted white.
No signature visible within the painted area.
There was a ridge behind the house where I lived. When the sun set it came to life, even more so when the sky was filled with clouds. I could imagine the Indians riding across the trail in days of old.