Filmed under lower light to better show the symbol’s luminosity.
Archive: DHPW-2026-039
Artist: Dave Holt
Year: 2026
Medium: Acrylic on raw petrified wood
Dimensions: approx. 3⅛ × 2⅜ × 1¼ in. (7.9 × 6.0 × 3.2 cm)
Weight: 8.5 oz (0.53 lb / 0.24 kg)
Origin: Northern Arizona
Geological age: Late Triassic, approximately 200+ million years old
About the Work
DHPW 039 is built around the stone’s irregular vertical form and its unusually dark, earth-toned surface. Rather than covering that field, the symbols gather through the center and lower portion of the face, leaving areas of the original stone visible between them. Gold, turquoise, violet, pale green, orange, copper, and red appear in concentrated passages against the browns, reds, and grays beneath, while black lines connect and divide the forms into a dense central structure.
Look beyond that central concentration and smaller relationships begin to emerge: isolated circles near the perimeter, repeated triangular forms, trails of colored dots, and symbols that follow the stone toward its narrow upper point. The reverse changes the experience completely, exposing broad red-brown and gray mineral areas with no painted intervention, while the side views reveal deep fissures, layered surfaces, and the substantial thickness of the original wood. From those angles, the painted face becomes only one surface of a much more rugged geological object.
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$550
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