Elaine Holien

Ghost Ranch Encantado 3: Contemporary Watercolor Landscape Art

2013

Ghost Ranch Encantado 22 x 22" image size watercolor, unframed. Shrink-wrapped on poster board. I document the essence of the landscape everyday. I am interested in those untouched...

Ghost Ranch Encantado 22 x 22" image size watercolor, unframed. Shrink-wrapped on poster board. I document the essence of the landscape everyday. I am interested in those untouched...

Ghost Ranch Encantado 22 x 22" image size watercolor, unframed. Shrink-wrapped on poster board. I document the essence of the landscape everyday. I am interested in those untouched...

Ghost Ranch Encantado 22 x 22" image size watercolor, unframed. Shrink-wrapped on poster board. I document the essence of the landscape everyday. I am interested in those untouched...

A refined and highly collectible 1977 watercolor by S. N. Lininger, Taos Mountain, New Mexico captures the enduring allure of the American Southwest through a sensitive and atmospheric lens. Signed and dated by the artist, this work presents one of the most iconic subjects in Western American art—Taos Mountain—rendered with a restrained, luminous palette and a finely observed sense of light. Lininger’s delicate washes and controlled transitions exemplify the classic Southwestern watercolor tradition, balancing soft desert tones with crisp mountain structure. The composition conveys a quiet, contemplative mood, emphasizing space, clarity, and the subtle drama of the high desert landscape. This sense of stillness, combined with an abstracted impressionist handling, places the work within a broader lineage of artists drawn to Taos and its singular light, long considered one of the most important artistic centers of the American West. Watercolors of this scale and refinement from the 1970s remain increasingly desirable, particularly as collectors continue to seek accessible, high-quality examples of Southwestern landscape painting. Works depicting Taos Mountain carry additional appeal due to the subject’s art historical significance and enduring market recognition. Presented in a custom archival frame with UV-protective glass, this painting is ready to place and ideally suited for collectors of Southwestern art, Colorado and New Mexico landscape painting...

New Mexico Mountain Scene by Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953) Watercolor on paper 15 ¾ x 19 ½ inches unframed (40.005 x 49.53 cm) 23 x 26 ¾ inches framed...

Remembered Valley is an original watercolor painting by acclaimed Colorado artist Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), celebrated for her modernist interpretations of the Western landscape. Th...

Sedona Cathedral consciousness conceived as complex matrices patterns contained within patterns. magnetic anomaly brainwave synchronization unrecognized vortex activity locatio...