Just Looking

by Stephanie Grant

Title

Just Looking

Artist

Stephanie Grant

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Digital Art - Digital / Photography

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One of a series of abstract works, based on digitally manipulated photographs taken at The Valley of Fire, Nevada.
Just Looking is the result of playing with the image, enlarging and making round a natural hole in the rock. It immediately brought to mind the desert 'sightings' of otherworldly life.Observer or observed?

The Valley of Fire is Nevada’s oldest and largest state park, dedicated in 1935. Ancient trees and early man are represented throughout the park by areas of petrified wood and 3,000 year-old Indian petroglyphs. The Valley of Fire derives its name from red sandstone formations, formed from great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs, 150 million years ago. Complex uplifting and faulting of the region, followed by extensive erosion, have created the present landscape.
Other important rock formations include limestones, shales, and conglomerates. Prehistoric users of the Valley of Fire included the Basket Maker people and later the Anasazi Pueblo farmers from the nearby fertile Moapa Valley.
The span of approximate occupation has been dated from 300 B.C.E. to 1150 C.E. Their visits probably involved hunting, food gathering, and religious ceremonies, although scarcity of water would have limited the length of their stay. Fine examples of rock art left by these ancient peoples can be found at several sites within the park.

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March 6th, 2015

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