Corn Whispers

Corn Whispers, an R.C. Gorman acrylic painting, gathers three Navajo women seated together on the warm sand of a broad desert plain, each draped in a boldly colored robe, one in cobalt blue, one in vivid scarlet red, and one in soft lavender purple. Multicolored ears of corn rest between them on the ground, their husks peeled back to reveal speckled red and yellow kernels. Gorman flattens the composition into simple planes of color, a strip of brown mesa running across the horizon beneath a bold cobalt sky. The central figure leans back in animated conversation while her companions listen. A must-have acquisition for collectors of Gorman originals, Southwest fine art, and Native American figurative paintings.