Oil on board
43cm x 33 cm
Signed lower left
Ralph Brownell McGrew was known for his landscapes of the Western States and portraits of Native Americans. Aged eight his family moved to Southern California and later, from 1936, attended Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. McGrew had a profound love for the deserts around city and began to make painting trips through the Southwest. He lived, for, 17 years in New Mexico and frequently travelled to and painted and the Hopi and Navajo reservations there. In ‘In Stilly Heights’ McGrew captures all the peaceful timelessness of the landscapes of the of the West.
