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The Dust is Blowing

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The Dust is Blowing
The Dust is Blowing
Artist: Delano, Gerard CurtisDate of Birth: 1890-1972
Medium: Oil on board
Dimensions: 18 x 24 inches
Signed: Signed lower right

Clouds of red dust make the canyons of Navajo Country look like the surface of Mars. And it might be easier to navigate to Mars than it will be to find your way through. A path that on a normal day would be second nature is, in this simoom, a maze of second guesses and potential missteps. The horses, who might be trusted to get the riders where theyÕre going, are bowing their heads and eyes to the storm. They donÕt like it any more than the riders, because what Delano is showing us is the onset of the storm. You can still see the flat tops of the distant mesas. But soon, perhaps, even these will disappear in the dust. While the two riders at left stare at the storm, trying to see through it, understand it, asking themselves, ÒHow bad will it be?Ó and ÒHow long will it last?Ó the rider at right turns to them with a different question: ÒShould we turn back, or is it too late even for that?Ó How they read the weather, how they answer these questions, is, potentially, a matter of life and death.