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| In the mid to late 1920s, Theodore Lukits spent a considerable amount of time painting in the deserts of California. He worked primarily in the Mojave desert near Palm Springs, where his work was sold through Harriett Day's Desert Inn Gallery. Few of Lukits' deserts were painted under the high-key midday conditions favored by most of the plein-air painters. In contrast, because he found fewer topographical features in the desert, Lukits preferred to paint later in the day or early in the evening when the setting sun brought a more interesting palette to the arid landscape. Lukits also used the low horizon as an opportunity to focus on the dramatic skies brought on by winter storms. | |||
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| TNL 220, Pastel on Paper , 11" x 15" "Desert Showers" (circa 1924, Lukits Art Trust) |
TNL 540, Pastel on Paper , 9" x 13" "High Desert Shadows " (circa 1926, Lukits Art Trust) |
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| TNL 519, Pastel on Paper , 9 " x 13 1/4 " "Distant Snow, Sunset " (circa 1926, Lukits Art Trust) |
TNL 221, Pastel on Paper , 10" x 9 3/4 " "Spirit of the Lake " (1928, Private Collection) |
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| TNL 518, Pastel on Paper , 9 " x 11 1/4 " "California Spring" (circa 1924, Lukits Art Trust) |
TNL 518, Pastel on Paper , 9" x 12 3/4 " "Last Glow" (circa 1924, Lukits Art Trust) |
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"Mojave Mountain Morning" (circa 1924, Lukits Art Trust)
"Peaks on the Horizon" (circa 1924, Lukits Art Trust)