{"id":13073,"date":"2026-04-29T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=13073"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:06:43","slug":"kay-walkingstick-mesas-mountains-sky-at-hales-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/29\/kay-walkingstick-mesas-mountains-sky-at-hales-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Kay WalkingStick, &#8216;Mesas \/ Mountains \/ Sky&#8217; at Hales Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaywalkingstick.com\">Kay WalkingStick<\/a>\u2019s latest solo show at <a href=\"https:\/\/halesgallery.com\/exhibitions\/262-kay-walkingstick-mesas-mountains-sky\/\">Hales Gallery<\/a> in Chelsea, \u2018Mesas\/Mountains\/Sky,\u2019 follows her 2022 exhibition there, \u2018Mountains\/Canyons\/Clouds,\u2019 in presenting landforms and sky as subject matter for paintings that showcase the majestic beauty of the natural world.\u00a0 Each fluidly painted scene is accompanied by abstract designs, patterns copied from Native American beadwork, pottery or other objects which belong to the cultures resident in the scene depicted. \u00a0Here, \u2018Sage Brush and Cholla\u2019 pictures plants important to Navajo communities while including a pattern with stepped forms around a cross symbol referring to the four directions of the universe. (On view in Chelsea through May 30<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 2540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/855f93c3-126d-6ba4-9966-0a412050d7f4.jpg\" alt=\"A landscape in the American Southwest.\" width=\"2540\" height=\"1911\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kay WalkingStick, Sage Brush and Cholla, oil on panel in two parts, 40 x 80 inches, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 2712px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/3f0250b2-ba60-49ce-6c73-7a58a9b1bdb7.jpg\" alt=\"A geometric pattern superimposed on a dry landscape in the American west.\" width=\"2712\" height=\"2062\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kay WalkingStick, (detail of) Sage Brush and Cholla, oil on panel in two parts, 40 x 80 inches, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kay WalkingStick\u2019s latest solo show at Hales Gallery in Chelsea, \u2018Mesas\/Mountains\/Sky,\u2019 follows her 2022 exhibition there, \u2018Mountains\/Canyons\/Clouds,\u2019 in presenting landforms and sky as subject matter for paintings that showcase the majestic beauty of the natural world.\u00a0 Each fluidly painted scene is accompanied by abstract designs, patterns copied from Native American beadwork, pottery or other objects &hellip; 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