The Mittens Monument Valley is a painting by Bob and Nadine Johnston which was uploaded on April 22nd, 2012.
The Mittens Monument Valley
The Mittens in Monument Valley, inspired by a real sunrise, seen from The Mittens Hotel. This hotel has a balcony for each room, facing the classic... more
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The Mittens Monument Valley
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Bob and Nadine Johnston
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Painting - Fine Art Available On Canvas Or Prints
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The Mittens in Monument Valley, inspired by a real sunrise, seen from "The Mittens Hotel." This hotel has a balcony for each room, facing the classic image of the Mittens. The sun generally comes up between the Monuments. When creating this painting, felt the left Mitten was dominant, so wanted to focus some attention on the other Mitten so had the sun coming up behind it. The valley's vivid red color comes from iron oxide exposed in the weathered siltstone. The darker, blue-gray rocks in the valley get their color from manganese oxide.
Monument Valley (Navajo: Ts Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the northern border of Arizona within southern Utah near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation, and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163. The land area of the Navajo Nation is 24,078.127 square miles, making it by far the largest Indian reservation in the United States; it is nearly the same size as the state of West Virginia.
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Adjacent to or near the Navajo Reservation are the Southern Ute of Colorado, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico, both to the north; the Jicarilla Apache to the east, and other tribes to the west and south. The Navajo Nation's territory surrounds the Hopi Indian Reservation. A conflict over shared lands emerged in the 1980s, when the Department of the Interior attempted to relocate Dine living in the Navajo/Hopi Joint Use Area. The litigious conflict, effectively ended as the "Bennett Freeze" in July, 2009 by President Barack Obama, was resolved or at least forestalled, by the award of a 75-year lease to Navajos who refused to leave the coal rich region.
Situated within the Navajo Nation are Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Monument Valley, Rainbow Bridge National Monument, and the Shiprock landmark. The eastern portion of the reservation, in New Mexico, is popularly called the "Checkerboard" because Navajo lands are mingled with fee lands, owned by both Navajos and non-Navajos, and federal and state lands under various jurisdictions. Three large non-contiguous sections entirely surrounded by New Mexico are also under Navajo jurisdiction: the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation, the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation, and the Tohajiilee Indian Reservation.
The Tribal Trust lands have no private land ownerships, and all Tribal Trust land is owned in common and administered by the Nation's government. On the other hand, BIA Indian Allotment lands are privately owned by the heirs and generations of the original BIA Indian Allotee to whom it was issued. With Tribal Trust lands, leases are made both to customary land users (for homesites, grazing, and other uses) and organizations, which may include BIA and other federal agencies, churches and other religious organizations, as well as private or commercial businesses.
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Randy Rosenberger
Bob and Nadine, this is one lovely piece of true beauty! Love the red towers of rock and the sky is awesome! Love it! f/v
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
Incredibly artsy and eye-catching image Nadine and Bob! We Voted! Celebrate life, Debra and Dave