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Dorothy Graden Artist
Welcome to My Blog
I am Dorothy Graden, a contemporary artist whose art is inspired by Ancient Visions, prehistoric art of the Americas. My mission is to bring awareness of these amazing places and to promote preservation and protection of ancestral sites located throughout North America. I appreciate your comments.
OOPS ! A New Exhibit popped up 3 days ago !!
Well, I was going to show you photos of the Rock Art I saw in Spain near the town of Bicorp, but I'll save that for another day. I was...
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New Exhibit/ "Somewhere in Time"/ New painting Ideas popping up! In
Title of this work is Liminal Passage Happy Holiday Season to everyone! Just wanted to let you know that I'll be having an exhibition...
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Dec 18, 20231 min read
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Ancient Graffiti??
Here is a photo of me at Graffiti Pier in south Philly. Yes, the blue star is my contribution. It is an amazing place, a bit hidden but...
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Nov 10, 20231 min read
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More About My Art
I recently had an interview with create whimsy! Follow the link to read the interview, thanks! https://createwhimsy.com/projects/spotligh...
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Oct 22, 20231 min read
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The Cave Walls Speak
Greetings Everyone ! I hope you all have had a great couple of months. I've been preparing for exhibits and painting. Planning a new...
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Sep 29, 20231 min read
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Oh No ! We never go down there at night !
So, we were in the Wind River area in Wyoming, about 10,000 ft elevation, near the Shoshone reservation. There are 3 mountain lakes ...
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Battle of the Little Bighorn Personal Story
"The Battle of the Greasy Grass" is the name the tribes called it. Deer Medicine Rocks is now a National Historic Site. It took a lot of...
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Mar 16, 20232 min read
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Bubble People??
I love working in India ink. Are these Bubble People? Actually, this painting is more serious than it looks. The the round "bubbles"...
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Feb 22, 20232 min read
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Mask or Kachina?
I know I've talked about the Texas rock art for the past few times. There is such a wealth of rock art all over the western states and I...
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Feb 7, 20232 min read
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Ancient Handprints
Greetings Readers ! I took this photo in November 2022 in south Texas. They are thousands of years old. It really amazes me that they...
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Jan 18, 20231 min read
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Beneath Consciousness
Greetings Readers ! It's been a while since I've updated you on my Blog. I've been hiking in the Scrub desert in Southwest Texas. ...
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Jan 11, 20232 min read
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A Trip coming up in search of the Ancients !
Well, I'm packing again ! My Hopi friend and I are traveling to south Texas to the Pecos river to hike to see the Shumla prehistoric art...
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Sand Paintings!
My friend that I hike with is a Hopi Elder. We camp every year in the southwest desert. The camping can be intense ! We have had ice...
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Nov 5, 20221 min read
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PBS Interview
I was recently interviewed on PBS.
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