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Fremont Ellis was a Santa Fe painter, printmaker, teacher and founder of the Santa Fe group known as Los Cincos Pintores (The Five Painters).  Ellis was the most conservative of the group.  Ellis, before Santa Fe, was a native of Montana who was headed for a career as an optometrist.  He left Montana and moved to El Paso, Texas.  A trip to Santa Fe in 1919 for a summer of painting ended up becoming his life home.

This painting of Santa Isabella Creek was completed in 1972.  The only Santa Isabella Creek of which I am aware is a small stream of water located in Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed 32 miles from Callaghan, Texas and runs southwest for 33 mi (53 km) until it connects to the Rio Grande.  Perhaps Ellis made a trip to Texas and painted this at that time.

Read more about this Fremont Ellis painting here..