Mesa Verde; Spruce House

A little over a year ago, we went to Mesa Verde in Colorado, and saw Spruce House. This painting represents my take on it. The cliff wall above the dwellings was a dark tone; it looked as if cooking fires had darkened it long ago. Some of you, I’m sure, know more about this than I do. I just don’t have time to research everything that interests me!

In actuality, the ruins don’t look as colorful as I have painted them, at least not in broad daylight. I don’t know how they look in the evening or in the early morning.
Okay, here’s the artwork. It’s 16×20 on stretched canvas, painted in acrylic.

And below are a couple of details.