Baje Whitethorne Sr.’s artwork swirls with colorful energy. Purple clouds gather over layered red-rock canyons and sunlight blazes across plains and plateaus. The Flagstaff, Arizona-based artist’s paintings highlight the Navajo culture in which he grew up.
“Ever since I was a kid, I was always fascinated by people who knew how to draw,” says Whitethorne, 72, who was born and raised near the community of Shonto, Arizona, on the Navajo reservation in the
