Journey to Sacred Lake (1996) is an atmospheric R.C. Gorman stone lithograph depicting a group of Navajo women gathered beneath a luminous, star-filled night sky. Two women stand prominently in the foreground, wrapped in richly colored red and striped lavender blankets, while additional figures appear farther across the open landscape. Deep blue mountain forms rise behind them, creating a quiet sense of distance, ceremony, and movement through sacred ground.
Gorman’s expansive composition balances saturated color with broad areas of open space, allowing the figures to feel both monumental and contemplative. The vivid red, violet, and blue garments stand against the darkened desert terrain, while the scattered stars lend the scene a spiritual, timeless quality. Produced in an edition of 225, Journey to Sacred Lake is a compelling example of Gorman’s landscape-based figurative work and an important selection for collectors of Native American art, Southwest imagery, and nocturnal stone lithographs.
