COLORADO GARDEN OF THE GODS LISTED MASTER ARTIST CHARLES ROCKEY B.1932
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Large & Masterful oil painting on Canvas entitled "GARDEN OF THE GODS" signed ROCKEY Lower RIGHT and dated 1999by Master Listed ArtistCHARLES ROCKEY, BORN 1932Well-listed and accomplished Colorado Artist image size: 16" X 20"in a fabulous framecomes with artist's own provenance explaining the circumstance of its creation as well as other brochures about his artPlease see detailed description below the imagesBrighter areas in the upper left is light reflectionthe painting is sharper and more beautiful in person Condition: Excellent. Very beautiful & charming. Artist's Bio: from COLORADO SPRINGS' INDEPENDENT WRITTEN BY BOB CAMPBELLBorn in Baltimore in 1932, Charles Rockey came to Colorado at age 5 when his father, a career Naval officer and Annapolis graduate, contracted tuberculosis and was sent to Denver's Fitzsimmon's Army Hospital for treatment. The family settled in Marshdale Park, a tiny mountain community near Evergreen. Rockey says it was a beautiful locale, but a tough place to grow up. "I was a city kid suddenly thrown into the company of tough country kids who, at age 13, already had five-o'clock shadows and had been plowing fields since they could walk," he recalled. "Until the last year or so of high school, I was an outcast and source of ridicule." The experience permanently stamped Rockey's personality, instilling a
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