Tucumcari Mountain Reflections on Route 66
by Sheri Keith
Original - Not For Sale
Price
Not Specified
Dimensions
16.000 x 12.000 inches
This piece is not for sale. Please feel free to contact the artist directly regarding this or other pieces.
Click here to contact the artist.
Title
Tucumcari Mountain Reflections on Route 66
Artist
Sheri Keith
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas Painting
Description
Tucumcari Mountain, near Tucumcari, N.M., has long been one of the Mother Road's most-recognized natural landmarks.
Tucumcari Mountain, once referred to as Tucumcari Peak or Mesa Tucumcari, is a mesa situated just outside of Tucumcari, New Mexico. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to lie in wait for someone or something to approach. A 1777 burial record mentions a Comanche woman and her child captured in a battle at Cuchuncari, which is believed to be an early version of the name Tucumcari. Pedro Vial referred to the mountain in 1793, while opening a trail between Santa Fe and St. Louis. Captain Randolph B. Marcy led an expedition past it in 1849. The Swiss-American geologist Jules Marcou studied the geology of Tucumcari Mountain in 1853 and claimed that the Tucumcari strata were of Jurassic age. The Texas geologist, Robert T. Hill, visited "Mesa Tucumcari" in 1887 and again in 1891, and eventually concluded that the Tucumcari strata were much younger Cretaceous deposits, not Jurassic as suggested by Marcou. Also in 1891, William F. Cummins of the Geological Survey of Texas studied Tucumcari Mountain and his careful observations of the strata established beyond doubt the Cretaceous age of the Tucumcari beds.
The town of Tucumcari was founded in 1901 and, in 1908, took its name both in real life and in legend from the mountain. Residents of the town of Tucumcari have painted a hillside letter T on the mountain.
This is an excerpt from the article Tucumcari Mountain from the Wikipedia free encyclopedia. A list of authors is available at Wikipedia.
Featured in the groups with much appreciation:
Abc Group 8/30/16
500 Views-1 image a day 11/7/2015
New Mexico Land of Enchantment 11/02/2015
Created By My Hands 01/05/2015
Images That Excite You 01/04/2015
Paintings One Hundred Views Plus 4/14/2014
Premium FAA Artists 4/03/2014
Your Favorite Rural America Images 3/22/2014
Enchanted New Mexico 11/24/2013
Copyright (c) Sheri Keith.
Uploaded
November 18th, 2013
Statistics
Viewed 1,613 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/18/2024 at 12:34 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Similar Images
Comments (68)
ARTography by Pamela Smale Williams
I think I've driven past this scene, or something like it in that location you describe Sheri! Great to see it rendered in oil and with your lovely interpretation displayed! Pretty skies! Shared/ V/ Pamela
Sheri Keith replied:
Thank you so much, Pamela! If you've driven thru New Mexico on Route 66, I'm sure you've driven past our iconic Tucumcari Mountain.
Steven Bateson
Sheri Keith the New Mexico Land of Enchantment Group is honored that you chose to submit your work to the group and we are proud to feature your magnificent image on the Homepage in the Featured Images.
Pamela Iris Harden
Very nice painting, it has a very comforting feeling, even with the rain coming! LF
Kathy Braud
Congratulations on the feature in Created by my Hands group, Sheri. I love the view, the cloud activity, and the plow, reminiscent of "the old days" in this original painting. L/f
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
NAVIN JOSHI
Tucumcari Mountain Reflections On Route 66 - WOW great shot and awesome presentation .. love it.. Navin LF
Recently Viewed
