Vistas and Visions of the Colorado Plateau

NEW FINE ART EXHIBIT TO TRAVEL FROM ARIZONA TO UTAH: “Vistas & Visions of the Colorado Plateau” by Artist Ron Larson. Opening Reception at the George S. & Dolores Dore Eccles Gallery, Salt Lake Community College South, 1575 South State, Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, July 14, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. The George S. & Dolores Dore Eccles Gallery is pleased to announce it is featuring the art of Ron Larson in a solo exhibition of 28 paintings. Formerly at the John Wesley Powell Museum in Page, Arizona, the Exhibit showcases art from an area that contains some of the most curious and extraordinary scenery in the American Southwest.The Exhibit also contains a book-in-progress and a looping powerpoint. Often painting on location, even from his boat if he was exploring rivers or lakes, Ron logged his adventures, and accompanied them with images of where he had camped, hiked, kayaked, and climbed. The Exhibit opens on July 7 and runs through August 4, 2016 at the George S. & Dolores Dore Eccles Art Gallery, located at the South City Campus of Salt Lake Community College, 1575 South State Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. The opening reception will be held Thursday, July 14, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. For more information on the Exhibit, contact Miken Bayles Larson, (435) 215-8513, or visit Ron’s websites: www.ronlarsonfineart.com, and www.11thstreetgallery.com. When asked, “Just what is the Colorado Plateau,” Ron Laughs and explains: “Only the most amazing place on earth! I have always been fascinated by its landscapes. It is an ancient upthrust of land, 130,000 square miles in size, that somehow stayed together through all the earthquakes, volcanoes, and the sliding of the tectonic plates between the continents. Its landmass is centered in 4 states, from the edge of the Rocky Mountains in Utah, down to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, over to the Aztec Ruins in New Mexico, and back up through Mesa Verde to Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado, with everything in between. People come from literally all over the world to see what it offers. It is scenery that can be found nowhere else, and this is what I paint.”