S.J. Grogan Artworks Gallery

• Design # 74

  Acrylic, Canvas, 14 x 14 x 1. From a new series of abstract, acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas, by ZannGann, the alter-ego of representational artist, S.J. Grogan.

• Design # 45

  Acrylic, Canvas, 14 x 14 x 1. From a new series of colorful abstracts, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, by ZannGann, the alter-ego of artist S.J. Grogan

• Design # 24

  Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 9 x 1. From a new series of colorful abstracts, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, by ZannGann, the alter-ego of artist S.J. Grogan.

• Design # 16

  Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 9 x 1. From a new series of colorful abstracts, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, by ZannGann, the alter-ego of artist S.J. Grogan

• Design # 9

  Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12 x 1. From a new series of colorful abstracts, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, by ZannGann, the alter-ego of artist S.J. Grogan

• Design # 6

  Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12 x 1. From a new series of colorful abstracts, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, by ZannGann, the alter-ego of artist S.J. Grogan

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• Horses of Aurora

  Pastel, Paper, 30 x 36 x 1. Original Pastel painting on full sheet of watercolor paper with four deckled edges.

• Eyes of the Forest

  Pastel, Paper, 16 x 22

• Canyon Glow

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 48 x 1

• Mandala of the Heavens

  Pencil, Paper, 8 x 8. This Mandala represents the vault of heaven, receding up until it features the sun.

• Canyon Blues

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1

• Daystar

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 22 x 1

• Morning Light on Camel Rock, Sedona

  Oil, Paper, 12 x 16

• Spirit of Desert Water

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1. This image is an update to my pastel painting, "Spirit of the Desert." Most of my oils tend to be pretty realistic and grounded while my pastels are more fantastic and mystical. (There are exce…

• Team of Cream Belgians

  Pastel, Paper

• Mandala of Spiritual Journey

  Pencil, Paper, 8 x 8. The concept of curves in nature resonated for me in this mandala. Both little creatures, the gecko and the lizard, gracefully arc to follow the outer circle as their tails flow into opposite curves…

• Canyon Monsoon

  Oil, Paper, 16 x 12

• Thunderhead

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. Painted during the closing ceremony oil painting demo at my Desert Waters event, which ended August 4th, 2012. All proceeds from this painting benefitted the Happy Trails Children's Foundation o…

• Mandala of Four Elements

  Pencil, Paper, 8 x 8. This pattern came to me after seeing a beautifully woven Native American basket. Though my design quickly went on its own merry way, meandering into a frame with the four directions represented by…

• Redrock Shadows

  Oil, Paper, 12 x 16. This is a closer look at the redrock buttes and spires that surround Sedona, Arizona. A warm, autumn afternoon provided the warm (but not overpowering) light, and allowed the subtle lavenders and bl…

• Idle Curiosity

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16 x 1.5. Horses are about the only other thing I can literally watch for hours and never tire of. Of course, when an equine someone finds something so interesting, the first thing I have to do is see…

• Aspirations

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1

• View of Sedona, From Airport Mesa

  Oil, Paper, 12 x 16. A day painting (oil sketch on coated paper) of Sedona, Arizona, as seen from Airport Mesa overlook on a clear, October afternoon.

• Far Seer

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16 x 1. This is Far Seer, an animal who sees the past, present and future of horses. It started out as a simple horse head portrait but quickly told me that it needed to be something more. Since every…

• Mandala of Still Waters

  Pencil, Paper, 8 x 8. A vibrating, colorful depiction of late afternoon at a riparian spring: a still pond surrounded by lush verdure, seen by a red-bronze dragonfly, paused on a stalk to appreciate the fading sunlight.…

• Redrock Afternoon

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1. This view of Sedona, Arizona's red rocks is from Airport Mesa during a mellow October afternoon. The blazing heat from summer had disappeared, leaving crystalline skies and comfortable temperat…

• The Family's Ford

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1

• Mandala of Feathers of Four Winds

  Pencil, Paper, 8 x 8. A colorful mandala with four versions of peacock feathers, depictnig the four winds and corners of the world. It is drawn with Prismacolor pencils and enhanced with ink on Amate bark paper.

• Adobe, Water, and Faith

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9 x 1. This beautiful church is San Felipe De Neri in Old Town Albuquerque. We did the tourist thing in 2006, not spending nearly as much time as we wanted to in the area, so had to make do with snapsh…

• The Ridge Trail

  Oil, Canvas

• Colored Pearls and Curves

  Oil, Canvas, 8 x 10. When a design appears in an artist's mind, many times the artist has no choice but to follow along, letting the brushwork and paint go where they will. This image flowed and played until finished, w…

• Verde River Tapestry

  Oil, Paper, 12 x 16. An October afternoon, looking south from the Verde River Canyon, Arizona. I was struck by the layers and bold triangles of the hill that look so much like the designs in weavings. With the beautiful…

• One Horse Town

  Oil, Canvas

• Mandala of Day and Night

  Pencil, Paper, 8 x 8. A Mandala design depicting the yin/yanp of day and night, surrounded by petroglyphs and bottomed by sandstone. It is drawn with Prismacolor pencils on Amate bark paper. Prints Available Through Pub…

• Water's Edge, West Grand Canyon

  Oil, Paper, 12 x 16. A lot of the beauty of the Grand Canyon (for artists) is its constantly-changing yet ever-unchanging mood. I took this snapshot almost 30 years ago, and tucked it away to be painted some day because…

• High Sierra Trailbreak

  Oil

• Mandala of a Double Crystal

  Pencil, Paper, 8 x 8. This Mandala design depicts a double terminated quartz crystal and the spectrum of colors emanating out from it, in their various forms. It is drawn with Prismacolor pencils and enhanced with ink o…

• Stock Gate at Garnet Mountain

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1. A winter scene in the high desert of Northern Arizona, this painting depicts distant bluffs cloaked in wild manzanita and chaparral while in the foreground is the only sign of humans: a stock g…

• Apache Raider

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 22 x 1. Please contact The Gallery for information on this giclee.

• Arroyo Lindo

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 18 x 1. A winding ravine curves through high desert country. But this time of year is different from the other seasons that are drier and hotter (or colder). Spring has brought soft rains, gentle warmt…

• Afternoon Ride

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1

• Flores Del Desierto

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 18 x 1. This was a commission for a collector who loved "Road to Music Mountains" but wanted more flowers. A LOT more flowers. This is what happens when a collector gives an artist free rein: the deser…

• Ace

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16 x 1

• A Temple Carved by Water

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. The Temple on Lake Mead is mirrored in glassy water as it glows in early morning light.

• Prickly Nose (detail)

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1. This guy was taunting me during a photo-shoot in ranch country. His velvet nose was just inches above a screen of staghorn cholla, and he eyed me brightly to see if I would rise to the bait of…

• Redrock Shadows in Easel

  Oil, Paper, 12 x 16. This is a closer look at the redrock buttes and spires that surround Sedona, Arizona. A warm, autumn afternoon provided the warm (but not overpowering) light, and allowed the subtle lavenders and bl…

• Above and Below a Redrock Horizon

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. A view of distant redrock surrounding Sedona, Arizona, from further a-field in the Verde Valley. While Sedona is spectacular, the Verde Valley (and Verde River) have a more subtle beauty that is…

• Protecting His Gal (detail)

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 12 x 1.5"

• Still Waters

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. The still surface of a riparian pond lies hidden on a high desert mesa: surrounded by desert, it is a lush oasis for the area's wildlife.

• Acoma Sky Pony

  Cast Resin

• Rooted Against Any Storm

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1. This image came from a long ago snapshot of Oak Creek as it runs through Sedona, Arizona. I've done several small studies of it over the years but never tackled a big painting. With my upcoming…

• Canyon Beauty

  Stone, approx. 24" x approx. 24" x approx. 5". Available through Trail of Painted Ponies main office, Carefree, Arizona.

• Road to Battle

  Oil, Paper, 8 x 10. I was lucky enough to be at Prado Regional Park's Civil War reenactment in early April (2013), with my field easel set up to catch a scene in oil paint. Since combatants, horses & artillery all stead…

• Limestone Seep

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9 x 1. This is one of those quirky scenes I just had to paint. I loved the colors of the algae, moss and wet rock and wanted to catch the rainbow effect, staying true to the splash of color that happen…

• Morning Ride, Mojave Desert

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1

• Storm Waters

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. It's rare to catch an actual flash flood in the desert when you have a camera in hand to record the event. In the almost 30 years that I've been living in and painting desert locales, this was a…

• "Rose Colored Sunset"

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24 x 1.5. Commission, private collection.

• Tamarisk Grotto

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. Very rarely do I find such a compelling image involving flora that I have to paint it. The fact that this is desert flora--even if an import--did help. But as is typical in most arid locales, th…

• Paddle-wheeler at Laughlin, NV

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9 x 1. No exhibit of Desert Waters would be complete without at least one image (hopefully more) of THE River--the Colorado, to those not familiar with regional vernacular. This image was from a stroll…

• Thunderhead Waltz

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1.5. Another variation on the Music Mountain theme, I couldn't resist playing with this image one more time. It caught a different tone, which is what I was trying for, focusing on the clouds and…

• Glint of Distant Water

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. The clear light of a desert afternoon, especially in the summer months, never fails to enthrall me. Add in the blue distances of the Grand Canyon's West Rim area, luminous sky, and the mirror of…

• Columbine Falls

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9 x 1. "Columbine Falls" is a sample of the work that will be in my one-artist event, "Desert Waters" running July 7-28th at the Framery & Gallery, Whittier, CA.

• Adobe Skyline

  Oil, Canvas, 8 x 10 x 1. Another thing I am fascinated by is skylines, especially of historic buildings against hot desert skies. Make that skyline a two-story adobe and I'm grabbing my brushes or camera without a secon…

• Afternoon Thunderheads Over The River

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. The first painting done at my oil painting demo which closed the Desert Waters event at the Framery Fine Art Gallery, Whittier, CA. All money from this painting went to the Happy Trails Children…

• Owens Valley Barn

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16 x 1.5. Commissioned piece of barn, Owens Valley, CA.

• Coyote Falls, Grand Canyon

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16

• Columbine Grotto

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. This is obviously a detail of Columbine Falls and I loved the rugged texture of the rock walls contrasting with the water falling and seeping through limestone. The only thing I love painting mo…

• Reflecting Glass

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. A hot summer day without a breath of wind: that's what it takes to mirror the heavens onto a lake surface. The water giveaway (versus mirage) is the edge of greenery lining Lake Mead and the Col…

• Mojave Moonrise

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16 x 1.5. Commissioned piece of Northern Arizona's Mojave Desert.

• Yesterday's Desert (Plein Air)

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16

• Santa Fe Garden

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9 x 1. Like most Western/Southwestern artists, I fell in love with Santa Fe, NM, the first time I went there in 2003. That trip, we were able to spend a few days there, gallery-hopping and museum-meand…

• Infinity in God's Pocket

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 48 x 1. God's Pocket is a red-rock uplift that dominates the landscape along the Colorado River, just west of the Grand Canyon, in Northwestern Arizona. Seen from above via an airstrip on Grapevine Mes…

• Cloud Dance Over Music Mountains

  Oil, Canvas

• Grand Canyon Study

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. Another one of those paint play-days. I loved the layered effect in this photo from a long ago trip I took to the South Rim. I finally decided to work it up into a painting, and captured exactly…

• The Sentinel

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1

• Spring Thaw

  Oil, Canvas

• Lost History

  Oil, Canvas, 28" x 22"

• Hot Fry Bread, Taos

  Pastel, Paper, 15 x 21

• Dawnlight, Calico

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24 x 1

• Salt Creek, Death Valley

  Oil, Canvas

• Grand Wash Cliffs, Plein Air

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16 x 1

• Next Western Pass

  Oil, Canvas

• Plein Aire, North Face of Baldy

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16

• Plein Aire Study, Watertank on Hwy 18

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16

• Where The Canyon Ends II

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12 x 1. Clouds layering a late summer, afternoon sky in the Southwest. They are flat-bottomed, floating into the haze of distance as the sky arc over the last vestiges of the Grand Canyon. Where the Can…

• Spirit of the Desert

  Pastel, Paper

• The Wild Bunch of Calico

  Pastel, Paper

• Past Vision

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1

• The Lavender Lady

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 22 x 1

• Foxhat

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1

• Comanche Warrior

  Pastel, Paper, 16 x 12

• Afternoon Shadows

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 22 x 1

• Randa's Garden

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 22 x 1

• Acoma Sky Pony (in progress)

  Stone

• Portrait of Chief Gray Wolf

  Oil, Canvas, 20" x 16"

• Calico Rose

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 22

• Sedona Dots

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 12. This was a play in paint, catching the dots in the landscape and in the sky. One of those quirky, humorous things that I think nature and God plays on us artists, to see if we're paying attention.

• Distant Treasure

  Oil, Canvas, 22 x 28 x 1

• Canyonlight

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 1