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Paintings of Valley of Fire State Park

Nevada's Valley of Fire is so named because of the vibrant red Aztec sandstone prominences nestled on the brown and gray limestone floor, which look like plumes of fire when illuminated during sunrise or sunset. These brilliantly hued red rocks are a sight to behold and have inspired western artists like Thomas Moran, Maynard Dixon, R. Brownell McGrew, and Erin Hanson. Hanson's impressionist paintings have captured the beauty, abstraction, and vibrant color found throughout the valley. She paints notable landmarks like Seven Sisters and Balanced Rock, as well as less-known but equally beautiful scenes found throughout Valley of Fire.   

Nevada's Valley of Fire is so named because of the vibrant red Aztec sandstone prominences nestled on the brown and gray limestone floor, which look like plumes of fire when illuminated during sunrise or sunset. These brilliantly hued red rocks are a sight to behold and have inspired western artists like Thomas Moran, Maynard Dixon, R. Brownell McGrew, and Erin Hanson. Hanson's impressionist paintings have captured the beauty, abstraction, and vibrant color found throughout the valley. She paints notable landmarks like Seven Sisters and Balanced Rock, as well as less-known but equally beautiful scenes found throughout Valley of Fire.   

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Valley of Fire State Park
Yellow wildflowers grow in abundance along the high cliffs of Torrey Pines State Park, in southern California. The wind-sculpted Torrey Pines catch the early morning light and glow with hues of pink and red. "Torrey Pine Blooms" was created on fine linen board, and the oil painting arrives framed in a plein air frame.

Torrey Pine Blooms

9 x 12 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

Textured Replicas starting at $500

Prints starting at $250
Valley of Fire State Park, an hour north of Las Vegas, is a spectacular place for hiking and camping. Surrounded by fiery red sandstone at every turn, the park is steeped in color and unusual rock formations. As an interesting side note, the very first exhibition of Erin Hanson's Open Impressionism paintings took place in the Valley of Fire visitor center, in 2006. Exhibited: Desert Caballeros Western Museum, as part of the Cowgirl Up! Exhibition, 2019. This painting was done on 1-1/2" canvas, with the painting continued around the edges of the canvas, and it has been framed in a custom, gold-leaf floater frame. The painting arrives ready to hang.

Balanced Rock

40 x 28 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

Prints starting at $265

 
This painting was included in the exhibition <i><a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ContemporaryImpressionismatGoddardCenter" target="_blank">Open Impressionism: The Works of Erin Hanson</i></a>, a 10-year retrospective and study of the development of Open Impressionism at The Goddard Center in Ardmore, OK. Exhibited: <i>Erin Hanson: Landscapes of the West</i> at Sears Art Museum in St. George, Utah, in 2024. About the Painting: This was one of the first paintings Hanson created of Valley of Fire State Park, where her first landscape exhibition was held in 2007. In this early painting you can see Hanson experimenting with using brush strokes to capture the form and texture of the rocks.

Curve of Rock

30 x 30 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
This painting was included in the exhibition <i><a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ContemporaryImpressionismatGoddardCenter" target="_blank">Open Impressionism: The Works of Erin Hanson</i></a>, a 10-year retrospective and study of the development of Open Impressionism at The Goddard Center in Ardmore, OK. Exhibited: <i>Erin Hanson: Landscapes of the West</i> at Sears Art Museum in St. George, Utah, in 2024. About the Painting: This early example of Open Impressionism was created in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a painting of "Elephant Rock," an animal-shaped rock formation in Valley of Fire State Park, an hour north of Vegas. Notice the smoothly blended brush strokes and lack of an underpainting.

Elephant Rock

20 x 24 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
This painting was included in the exhibition <i><a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ContemporaryImpressionismatGoddardCenter" target="_blank">Open Impressionism: The Works of Erin Hanson</i></a>, a 10-year retrospective and study of the development of Open Impressionism at The Goddard Center in Ardmore, OK. About the Painting: People always see faces and animals in the red rock formations of Valley of Fire State Park. The artist had already finished the painting before she saw the clear outlines of the Man in the Mountain in her work.

Man in the Mountain

18 x 18 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
Seven Sisters is a unique rock formation from Valley of Fire State Park. The red sandstone really does look like it is on fire, when the sun sets just right.

Seven on Fire

30 x 30 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
Abstract landscape painting of Valley of Fire State Park.

Valley on Fire

30 x 30 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
Long afternoon shadows at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. This painting of Seven Sisters has a beautiful range of greens, reds, and blues.

Seven Sisters II

30 x 40 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
Long afternoon shadows at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Valley Shadows

28 x 30 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
Original oil painting of Valley of Fire, north of Las Vegas. The desert wildflowers cut abstract shapes into the red sandstone boulder.

Desert Flowers

30 x 40 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
Original oil painting of Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. The purple shadows cut beautiful abstract shapes into the pink sandstone.

Purple Shadows

24 x 24 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
Original oil painting of Valley of Fire State Park, the late afternoon light casting a pink glow over the landscape.

Valley of Fire

30 x 24 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 
Original oil painting of Valley of Fire State Park, north of Las Vegas. This was one of the paintings featured in Erin's first State Park art exhibition, in 2009.

Valley of Fire II

30 x 40 in

Original Oil Painting - SOLD

 

 

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