Portfolio > Canyons and Caves

Antelope Canyon, #1

Acrylic, watercolor pencils, and pastel pencils on watercolor paper

9"x12"

January 2016

$275

Antelope Canyon, #2

Acrylic, acrylic ink, and pastel pencil on watercolor paper

9"x12"

January 2016

$275

Antelope Canyon, #3

Acrylic and pastel pencils on watercolor paper

9"x12"

January 2016

$275

Antelope Canyon, #4

Acrylic and pastel pencils on watercolor paper

9"x12"

January 2016

$275

Night Canyon, #1

Acrylic and pastel pencils on art paper

9"x12"

January 2016

$275

Night Canyon, #2

Acrylic and pastel pencils on art paper

9"x12"

February 2016

$275

Sedona, #1

Acrylic, acrylic ink, and pastel pencils on watercolor paper

9"x12"

February 2016

$275

Sedona, #2

Acrylic, acrylic ink, and pastel pencils on watercolor paper

9"x12"

February 2016

$275

Sedona, #3, SOLD

Acrylic, acrylic ink, gouache, and pastel pencil on watercolor paper

9"x12"

March 2016

$275

Sedona, #4

Acrylic, pastel pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper

9"x12"

March 2016

$275

Sedona, #5

Acrylic, acrylic ink, and pastel pencil on watercolor paper

9"x12"

March 2016

$275

Sedona, #6

Acrylic pastel pencils, and graphite on watercolor paper

9"x12"

March 2016

$275

Sedona, #7

Acrylic, graphite, and pastel pencils on watercolor paper

9"x12"

May 2016

$275

Sedona, #8

Acrylic, acrylic ink, and pastel pencil on watercolor papercolor paper

9"x12"

May 2016

$275

Kristen Gautier-Downes is interested in water as a force of nature.

In places as arid as the Sonoran Desert where water is scarce, Gautier-Downes paints the rock formations that surround her, such as underground caves and deep canyons, many of which were once caused by the presence of water.

Gautier-Downes carefully captures the textures and color variations in the rock formations she studies.

In other bodies of work Gautier-Downes also paints what happens in areas of drought, such as the presence of forest fires.