Our friends at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology sent us this about a current exhibit:
Watercolor Paintings
of Rock Art at Hueco Tanks
Exhibit on view until June 3, 2012
The El Paso Museum of
Archaeology is currently exhibiting Forrest Kirkland’s images of rock art at
Hueco Tanks in the auditorium gallery.
Kirkland was the first artist to systematically document prehistoric
rock art in Texas, thus his work is well known and admired by those interested
in Texas archaeology.
The twenty six images in this exhibit, which include
hundreds of pictographs, are full color reproductions scanned at high
resolution from Kirkland’s plates. The
original watercolors are no longer in a condition to be exhibited because the
paper and paints are brittle and light sensitive. Today some of the images Kirkland rendered in
watercolor have faded or disappeared while others in sheltered locations are
still visible.
Want to learn more or plan a visit? Here's the museum's website.
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