Expect the unexpected and take a journey into the mysterious world of the unknown. Such is the art of Rocky Hawkins. In his own words, Hawkins describes his process as follows: "I paint with passion, risk and abbreviated images instead of capturing realism. Set against transit texture and vivid color, images and figures cannot be situated in reality. These painterly expressions challenge our emotions and communicate with our sense of mystery. Mystery is a part of life. Not everything is easily explainable."

Born in 1950, in Seattle, Washington and growing up in small towns near the Cascade Mountains, Rocky's interest in the mystery and spiritual element of the Indian culture began in his...