Vigil, Phillip – “Sunset” Original Acrylic on Canvas – 54″ X 28″

54"w x 28"h

$ 2,500.00

Phillip Vigil is one of the exciting, young native painters working today.  His modernist designs are a play on his life, culture and personal experiences.  Phillip has primarily been working on paper, but the transition to canvas has been an exciting change in his art.  In a 2011 “Rethinking Contemporary Native American Art” article in “THE” magazine, they included Vigil saying,  “Phillip Vigil seeks his identity as a contemporary creative type who is also an indigenous person.  He is self-taught, inspired to paint by his love of the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes”.

This painting, “Sunset”, is a visually stunning use of color and design to reveal his experiences.  Phillip said of this piece:

“This painting, “Sunset” is a representation of the spectacular and visually varied event which is each sunset here in the high desert.  The light, the shape of the clouds and the quickly changing colors are stunning.  They amaze and inspire me.  Where I live in Jemez Pueblo, just south of the main village, the light pollution is limited and just as the sun sets, the first stars come out.  For most people this remarkable visual experience is something taken for granted.  For me, when I look up and see the sunset and then the first light of the stars in the darkening sky, I can’t help but think, ‘what more inspiration does one need’”.

 

We are pleased to represent his paintings in our Scottsdale gallery and look for more from this amazing artist!

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