This painting entitled, "Grand Canyon Distance", was one of the paintings I parted with last weekend at Art in Kayenta.  I met a lot of great people, saw some beautiful artwork, and had a great time. 
This was the first time I've ever been to Kayenta, and I'm very appreciative of what they are doing over there in promoting natural landscaping, and architecture that harmonizes with the landscape.  When I drove into Kayenta at the break of Dawn on Saturday, I was amazed that of all the many homes in Kayenta, not one had a visible porch light.  No street lights, window lights, flashing lights, billboards, etc. I couldn't even see the houses.  Even when driving directly through the community, I noticed that I was only able to see the house that I was directly looking at, all the rest in my peripheral vision blended into the surrounding landscape.  We need more of these dignified desert developments that use little water, and respect the native plant life, and surrounding landscape.

Comments

[Sara Larsen]

I was fortunate enough to visit Kayenta about five years ago for a job assignment and was so impressed with their unique approach to preserving the vistas and naturalness of the site. I immediately grabbed one of their real estate brochures (there were only about twenty homes installed at the time) and the lots were selling for about 70K for a half-acre. Not any more! HA! Last year we visited during a rain event and there were waterfalls flowing off the red cliffs. Absolutely stunning sight. Glad you had a good trip!

[Katrina Berg]

Hi josh. I enjoyed your work in the Midway Plein Air over the 4th...had to see more.

As Landscape Architects by trade, my husband and I are also very appreciative and intrigued by Kayenta's beauty, design, and gaurdianship of the amazing landscape. We would also like to see more of these communities and would welcome being a part of their design.