Jane Moser Original Watercolor — Diné Shepherdesses at the Watering Hole

A quiet moment on the high desert: two Diné women in traditional dress stand beneath a cottonwood, their flock gathered at the edge of a still watering hole that mirrors the sky and their reflected figures in soft pinks and blues. Beyond them, banded mesas rise from rolling sage country in the painter's signature palette of dusty lavender, ochre, and indigo. This original watercolor on paper is signed Jane Moser in the lower left, and presented under plexiglass in a triple-matted, gold-toned gallery frame.

Jane Moser was a California-born, Arizona-based painter trained at the Otis Art Institute, the Art Center, and U.C.L.A., with a graduate degree in art education from A.S.U. A member of the Arizona Watercolor Association, the Arizona Artist's Guild, the Scottsdale Artist's League, and the Contemporary Watercolor Association, she described her work as carrying, "if it has a message, solely one of simple beauty." A dealer business card from The William Bonney Gallery (D.L. McKinney, Inc., Mesilla, NM) accompanies the piece, tying the work to the historic Mesilla Valley regional art trade.

Provenance

• Accompanied by business card from The William Bonney Gallery, Division of D.L. McKinney, Inc., Mesilla, NM — Dan & Della McKinney, Dealers in Fine Art
• Local Las Cruces / Mesilla Valley estate

CONDITION

Very Good. Watercolor presents brightly with strong color retention under plexiglass. Light scratches to the plexiglass surface, hard to see in normal viewing light. Frame and matting present cleanly.

DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS

• Medium: Original watercolor on paper
• Signature: Jane Moser, lower left
• Sight (Visible): 21 5/8" H × 18 1/2" W
• Framed Overall: 31 5/8" H × 27 3/4" W × 1 1/4" D
• Presentation: Triple-matted, gold-toned frame, plexiglass glazing