A detail of a painting in progress by Emmi Whitehorse. The artist incorporates her own lexicon of symbols in her works, all inspired by her natural surroundings.
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Horses graze on the Navajo Nation.
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Whitehorse at work on a celestial painting in her Santa Fe, New Mexico studio.
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Emmi Whitehorse, Dust Storm, 2006, mixed media on canvas, 41 x 29 inches, courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
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The scenic Monument Valley, or Tse’Bii’Ndzisgaii in Navajo, on Navajo Nation land.
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Whitehorse at work on a painting in her studio. Her paintings take inspiration not just from natural forms, but also events like shadows moving across the land.
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The Ship Rock landform on the Navajo Nation. The striking landform, known as Tse Bitai or "the winged rock" in Navajo, formed after a volcanic eruption around 30 million years ago.
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Whitehorse's box of pastels beneath paper and cut-out forms she uses in her paintings.
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Emmi Whitehorse, Underwater Nursery, 2021, mixed media on canvas, 51 x 39 1/2 inches, Detroit Institute for the Arts, courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
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A road winds through the land of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico.
