Zion National Park paintings by Topher Straus
Zion National Park, Utah
National park artist Topher Straus paints Zion National Park, Utah: the sandstone walls and river of the canyon, and the water rushing through The Narrows. Zion was the first landscape he ever painted.
“This is actually my very first landscape I ever did. At first, I was not intrigued by landscapes at all. I had a friend who wanted me to do a commission of his favorite park, Zion.”
TOPHER STRAUS, ON ZION NATIONAL PARK
The Zion paintings
Two paintings of Zion.
Where each painting stands
Every painting begins with a real place.
The canyon
Sandstone walls and the river in Zion National Park, the first landscape Topher painted.
The Narrows
The box canyon you wade through in The Narrows.
About Zion and The Narrows
Zion was Utah’s first national park, established in 1919, its canyon cut by the North Fork of the Virgin River through walls of Navajo sandstone. In The Narrows the canyon closes to as little as twenty or thirty feet wide between walls up to a thousand feet high, and the trail is the river itself.
See the work
A private viewing
Topher arranges private viewings for collectors, at his studio in Golden, Colorado or by appointment.
Arrange a private viewingSizes, editions and how each painting is made: collecting a Topher Straus painting.
Questions collectors ask
Which painting feels most like Zion?
Zion National Park for the canyon walls; The Narrows for the hike through the water.
Is there Zion art for a large wall?
Yes. The Zion paintings come in sizes up to 90 in on the long side, on museum-grade aluminum.
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