Three Arizona artists who left their mark

Millions of people visit Arizona every year;

some of them stay.

Some of them are artists.

Here are three artists who either made Arizona home for a portion of their lives or made a notable contribution.

Born in New York

Landscapes and portraits

Educated in Philadelphia

Studio in OK

Joined Kit Carson to document travels

Survey artist railway

Lost most of his work in a fire.

One piece is at the Phoenix Art Museum!

Chain of Spires along the Gila River

Born in Wide Ruins, Arizona

Indian Name -Beatien Yazz

U.S. Marine Corps, Code Talker in WWII

Education: Santa Fe; Fort Wingate; Chicago Art Institute

Occupations:

Navajo Police Department Fort Defiance, Arizona

Illustrator

Carson Indian School art teacher

Professional painter

Young Navajo Boy with a Sheep Deer Running Through Snow

Born in Phoenix

Landscape painter

Art Deco style

Education: Art Center College of Design in LA

Occupations:

Worked for advertising agency in New York

Started own illustration firm, Stagebrush Studios

Taught at Hopi reservation (1970)

Public and private collections – Tri-Star Pictures, Phoenix Art Museum, Diane Keaton, Arnold Schwartzenegger.

Sun Mudman Early Morning Singer Red Tail Hawk

Rainbow Bear Cloud Horse

Corn Planter Long Hair Chile Pepper Badger