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. 🎨 Grand Canyon Celebration of Art - Our artists arrive for a week of plein air painting, starting this Saturday, September 9, 2023. > grandcanyon.org/coa/ ELIZABETH BLACK Sunrise at Black Rock Camp, Mile 96, On the Grand Oil on board — 40 x 30 inches "Black Rock Camp lies in the heart of Upper Granite Gorge, just downstream from Hermit rapids. After the adrenaline-filled waves of Sockdolager, Grapevine, Granite, and Hermit, the camp’s still waters offer a welcome relief, despite its confining dark cliffs and oily schist. Still waters brew quiet dreams, undisturbed by the roar of Crystal rapid, two miles downstream. Quiet dreams infuse the sunrise with peace, at least for a little while. But the morning’s peace is slowly shredded by coffee call and nervous boatmen ricocheting across their loads, checking and rechecking straps, pumping tubes rock-hard, and performing their good-luck rituals. The first upstream breeze brings the distant growl of dreaded Crystal as they push off from shore. They leave behind the peace that passes all understanding and head off to their fate." —Elizabeth Black, 2023 From September 9-15, 2023, Elizabeth Black, along with 23 Grand Canyon artists will be at the South Rim painting "en plain air". Everyone will have the opportunity to watch them paint as they seek to represent the shifting light and shadow, amazing landforms, and extraordinary colors of this vast landscape. #GrandCanyon #Arizona #ColoradoRiver #PleinairPainting #Art