This award winning painting depicts a small group of Cahuilla Native Americans, of the Palm Springs region Agua Caliente tribe, returning on horseback, from a hunting expedition in the valley...in a time, prior to California statehood in 1850.
Summer storm clouds loom over the valley floor and Mt San Jacinto in the distance to the west, casting atmospheric light and shadows on the timeless landscape, in a period when the entire Coachella Valley was the homeland of nine various Cahuilla tribes of the southern California region, dating back approximately 5,000 years to present.
2025 - 4th annual Desert Plein Air Association Juried Art Competition and Exhibition, January 16 - February 2, 2025, Artist Center at the Galen - Palm Desert, California. "Land of the Cahuilla" awarded 1st Place.
This award winning painting depicts a small group of Cahuilla Native Americans, of the Palm Springs region Agua Caliente tribe, returning on horseback, from a hunting expedition in the valley...in a time, prior to California statehood in 1850.
Summer storm clouds loom over the valley floor and Mt San Jacinto in the distance to the west, casting atmospheric light and shadows on the timeless landscape, in a period when the entire Coachella Valley was the homeland of nine various Cahuilla tribes of the southern California region, dating back approximately 5,000 years to present.