Cacti of Wickenburg signed Earl G. Hammock Oil on Masonite

"Cacti of Wickenburg" signed Earl G. Hammock Oil on Masonite

"Cacti of Wickenburg" is a beautiful Oil on Masonite Board Painting signed by Earl Garland Hammock. 
The painting itself is signed on the front lower right and it features a title and author plaque on front bottom center.
Measures: 23.5"W x 20"H

Cacti of Wickenburg is a beautiful painting featuring saguaro cactus, ocotillo cactus, cholla, and prickily pear cacti. Sunflower, mallory flowers & wild cacti in Wickenburg Arizona.

Earl Garland Hammock (1896-1974) was a noted Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska, and New Mexico Southwest Landscape artist. He is listed in such prestigious art reference woks as "Who Was Who in American Art" by Peter Hastings Falk, "Artists of the American West" by Doris Dawdy and "The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West" by Peggy and Harold Samuels. And his "Still Life" illustration is the cover page of the book entitled, "Arizona Under the Sun" by Oren Arnold. He has works in the permanent collection of the Denver Art Museum, Colorado Historical Society and the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center.

Earl G. Hammock was born February 11, 1896 in Montague Texas to John A Hammock and Elizabeth Matilda (Howard) Hammock. His father was a commercial artist so his desire to dabble with paint came at a young age. Over the years he traveled all over Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico studying the Native American heritage, hunting for artifacts, and painting Southwest Native American Landscapes and Still Life. 

In his search for artifacts and the art of the Indian, he amassed quite an expensive collection of artifacts, rugs, jewelry, and pottery. He has been featured in many Newspaper articles from Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska, and New Mexico as a well-known advocate, exhibitor, lecturer and major contributor to local schools, communities, and the AAUW (American Association of University Women). His works have been exhibited numerous times  from the 1920's until his passing at age 77 on January 27, 1974.
Even art galleries in New York that feature Native American exhibitions have shown and sold his paintings.