#‪‎NationalHistoricDistrict‬

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May you celebrate Passover with love in your home, joy in your world and peace in your heart!

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With its open ceiling, painted walls and rich history, the Mission in the Sun is available for couples looking for a unique wedding location. For more information please contact the gallery at 520-299-9191. 🌵💍🌵

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From 1958 to 1962 DeGrazia created 63 paintings for Hallmark giving them exclusive rights to create greeting cards, giftwrap, playing cards and seasonal themed merchandise. In 1996 these DeGrazia originals were returned back to the public in a silent auction. Happy Throwback Thursday!

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Just a reminder, we are having an opening reception for our new exhibits “DeGrazia Underground: Miners and Prospectors of the Old West” & “On the Trail with Ted DeGrazia” on Friday, January 27th from 5:00-7:00pm! Please join our Facebook event for more information https://www.facebook.com/events/934892824093864.

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“When I was younger, I felt that each painting I did was mine. As I got older, something changed, and I began to feel that if the public likes to see my paintings, then my paintings belong to them.” -Ted DeGrazia

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Courtyard blooms at the Gallery in the Sun Museum! 🌸🌼

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In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, we will be closed Thursday, November 24th but will resume our regular hours on Friday. "Three Ears of Corn”, oil on canvas, 1973. 🌽🌽🌽

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The Yaqui Deer Dance is most prominent during the Easter season. The deer dancer wears a shawl wrapped as a skirt with a belt traditionally made of deer hooves. He carries a gourd in each hand and ties rattles to his ankles. A real or imitation deer head is fastened to his head. Red ribbons wind around the horns to represent flowers. This ceremony inspired DeGrazia to create several works of art including the seven-foot bronze statue of the "Deer Dancer" in the gallery’s cactus courtyard. Happy Throwback Thursday!

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“A wall out of mud is beautiful and satisfying,” said DeGrazia, “but a wall of mud and straw is a union of materials that are in complete harmony and produce an aesthetic feeling, long to be remembered. To me this is the great Southwest.”

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DeGrazia said the "Superstition Mountains have quite a personality. She is alive. Her mood is ever changing. You can be close to her and yet feel so very far away. She bathes in rainbow colors. Her desert shadows are long and purple; they look like long eyelashes...Once you see her you can’t help but wonder about her and admire her beauty. You too will fall in love with her.”

This is available as a reproduction, please go to https://degrazia.org/shop/superstition-mountains/ for more information.

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Like most of DeGrazia’s oil paintings, they were done with a palette knife using very bold strokes. 🎨

DeGrazia’s "Cowboy and Packhorse", oil on canvas, 1962.

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DeGrazia loved when critics referred to his artistic style as rebellious. He said he would get “scolded. To hell with that. If I want to stretch the neck of a horse, I’ll stretch it. If I want to paint a pink horse, I’ll paint it. That is what it’s all about––not doing it the way they want you to do it, but doing it your way.”

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“You see, sketches are the very soul of an artist. They are fresh, they are meaningful and often more beautiful than the painting.” 🌵

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With the temperatures rising in the Old Pueblo, stay cool with a visit to the Gallery in the Sun Museum! We are open daily from 10:00am-4:00pm. DeGrazia’s “Red Umbrella”, oil on canvas, nd.

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While living in Bisbee, Arizona in the 1930’s DeGrazia started creating art as a social statement about class struggle. “Mining” is a triptych depicting mining companies and the indispensable role of the workers who operate the machinery. Happy Throwback Thursday!

“Mining”, oil on canvas, from 1936 will be on display in our new exhibit “DeGrazia Underground: Miners and Prospectors of the Old West”. Please join us tomorrow evening, from 5-7pm, for our opening reception. The event is free and open to the public.

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This month is National Guitar Month, DeGrazia shared dual passions for both art and music. 🎸