Southwestern Still Life Painting with Serape and Snake Plant - Signed Santa Fe

Vivid and full of Southwestern spirit, this Mid-Century Southwestern still life oil painting was sourced from the estate of Jonathan Parks at his Santa Fe estate sale. The work beautifully captures the region’s distinctive aesthetic—warm desert hues, handmade textiles, and organic forms—hallmarks of midcentury Santa Fe art. The composition features a vibrant snake plant (Sansevieria) in a rustic clay pot, set before a boldly striped Mexican serape draped over a wooden chair. Rendered in expressive brushstrokes of green, ochre, and sienna, the piece evokes the rhythm and color of Southwestern modernism, where folk craft meets painterly abstraction. The painting, executed in oil on board, is framed in its original carved wood frame with beaded inner edge and natural patina. On the verso, a faint handwritten inscription appears to read “Painted in Taos by Mr. Frank ___, still life,” suggesting midcentury regional provenance tied to the Taos and Santa Fe art circles—famed for their blend o