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The Pelton Papers: A Novel

by Mari CoatesJanuary 20, 2020 • 4 Comments

In Mari Coates’ new novel, real life characters Billie Prigge Seaman, Christina Lillian and the Hillery family are reanimated, as is the beloved little hamlet of Cathedral City itself. I’ve been living with Agnes’ story for more than a decade…

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The Case of the Missing Argonauts: Marjorie Reed’s Lost Mural

by Gary FillmoreJanuary 10, 2020 • 5 Comments

Editor’s note: No one captures the action-adventure ethos of the early desert artists better than Marjorie Reed, best known for her paintings of the Butterfield Overland Stage. You can learn more about Reed from Gary Fillmore, author of All Aboard:…

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Making the Desert Flower: An Alternative Look at Rarely Seen Agnes Pelton Paintings  

by Jan RindfleischNovember 2, 2019 • 9 Comments

Editor’s Note: For those wishing to go deeper into Peltonia we’re pleased to present this essay by Jan Rindfleisch. A former director of the Euphrat Museum of Art, Rindfleisch was involved in the earliest days of Pelton’s rediscovery. Here she…

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Voyage: One Woman’s Journey with a Forgotten Agnes Pelton Painting

by Guest AuthorOctober 18, 2019 • 6 Comments

 Editor’s note: Agnes Pelton would have been pleased by the mass adulation coming her way. But she would be just as delighted by the personal tales that are cropping up. Pelton’s paintings seem to accompany select people in their lives,…

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Friendly Universe: The Electric Landscapes of Sharon Ellis

by Ann JapengaSeptember 15, 2019 • 6 Comments

During a fifth grade field trip in 1966, Sharon Ellis’ class shuffled into the San Diego Museum of Art and listened dutifully as a docent told the children why they should admire a painting featuring a young girl as the…

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Lost Farm: The Rediscovered Homestead of Agnes Pelton

by Ann JapengaSeptember 7, 2019 • 17 Comments

September 7, 2019—On a June day in 1947, Agnes Pelton sat at her table in Cathedral City and drew a map of a place she knew as well as she knew her own backyard. There was the ancient stone wall…

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