“The Gate Keeper at the Garden” by Kristin DeSantis

2007 Indian Wells Arts Festival Commemorative Print Original 32” x 38” Dye on Aluminum Print size 18” x 24” fits standard frame size. “The Gate Keeper named herself,” said Colorado artist Kristin DeSantis whose mystical metalwork of a red-haired woman reposing on scrolls is the festival commemorative print for the 2007 Indian Wells Arts Festival, March 30-April1, 2007. “After I had finished the piece, I looked at her and saw ‘Eve’ -- the giver of life and Mother Earth. She rests in front of the gates (the scroll work) of the garden and watches over all living things,” explained DeSantis. The original 32” x 38” piece is made from aluminum, cut with torches, ground, sanded, and the metal layered with transparent dyes and then polished, giving it a final luminous iridescence. Glistening with brilliant colors: the red sun rising from the blue ocean, white for the new untouched day, and green for life itself.