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looking
out toward Joshua Tree National Monument
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Coyotes,
ravens
and shimmering desert
minerals
have fueled an on-going series of Mojave landscapes created by Galuszka
since his first visit in June of 1997.
Staying at an adobe inn at the foot of Queen Mountain, he paints
in weeklong marathons.
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| Oasis at 29 Palms, 2000, oil on canvas, 8 x 10", private collection |
Each year, in spring and autumn, Galuszka visits the oasis at the northern end of Joshua Tree National Monument. Racing against the extreme heat and changing light, he uses a limited palette to reach through the mineral refraction of the mountains and mine their spectral interiors.
Queen Mountain, at the entrance of the 850,000 sq. acre Joshua Tree National Monument has been a constant subject for Galuszka's Mojave obsession. Using fast-drying alkyds he works from sun up until the heat becomes too intense, returning to capture the the lengthening shadows of the late afternoon.
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