These works were done during my 2014 sabbatical to the American southwest and the national parks there. In Bandelier (as at Mesa Verde) there were ladders into the caves. They seemed pretty sketchy to a older-than-middle-aged mother traveling alone, but two young women encouraged me to try the easier ones. Thus I did get to experience a few of these cave dwellings, as shown in the first two images here.

Bandelier Cave View   Sept. 3, 2014  pastel and pencil on paper  26” x 32”  $650 unframed      

Bandelier Caves: Inside and Out, Sept. 7, 2014  pastel and pencil on paper  26” x 31”  $2500 framed  

Bandelier Study  Sept. 5, 2014  pastel and pencil on paper   8” x 11.5”  $150

 Bandelier III, Cave Ruins Nov. 2014  pastel and pencil on paper, 26” x 31,” $650 unframed.