{"product_id":"stone-writer","title":"Stone Writer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStone Writer\u003c\/em\u003e by Michael Ome Untiedt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiclee on Fine Art Paper, Canvas, or Gallery Wrapped Canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30\" x 40\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e35\" x 45\" (Canvas, Framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition \/50\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI can't escape thinking about this place, a remote canyon in southern Colorado, and a woman settler from the early days of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fifty years, Magdalena Cordova, carved her name in the stone of these cliffs. I must assume she did so while retrieving water for the Cordova home; a brief respite in what was otherwise, I am sure, a very hard life. I have found seven of her cliff inscriptions, some of them large and ornate and requiring a lot of work to complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting is about Magdalena Cordova. Even in her isolated primitive life, Magdalena found a way to stir the pot, break the clock, …with simple musings in stone. I sit on sun-warmed stone in the solitude of the Red Rock Country and think about Magdalena, her dreams and desires, her fears and tribulations. I think about how Magdalena “made her mark”, rose from the vast number of faces of humanity and left inscriptions to ponder over, now a century since her life-time. Her “Marks” are simple, elegant, and long lasting and because of them her memory will run long through the river of time we call history. Would it be that we all did the same, a simple, elegant, long lasting act of ”I am here”. I have several paintings in museums. I don't relate this to brag, rather to rejoice that at least some of the work I will have done on this good earth is in a protected cared-for environment, perhaps lasting with a permanence similar to Magdalena's stone writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI think this is something important for all of us to think about; where, what, when, and how we each “leave our mark” for posterity. That is what this painting is about, how despite the enormity of the cosmos and the passage of time, we find ways to ‘mark our turf’ with “Here I am and was!\" - Michael\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Ome Untiedt","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Paper","offer_id":51052092227749,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Canvas","offer_id":51052092260517,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Wrapped Canvas","offer_id":51052092293285,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed","offer_id":51052092326053,"sku":null,"price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/8019\/7029\/files\/UNTIEDT-oil-StoneWriter_8d1629c5-1727-4938-be69-a4b8d3a40209.jpg?v=1793401983","url":"https:\/\/cawdreygallery.com\/fr\/products\/stone-writer","provider":"Cawdrey Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}