Cody Rex Chamberlain

Paintings shaped by desert, weather, and memory.

Cody Chamberlain is a Utah painter. His work stays close to desert ground, public land, and the exposed cycle of life and death.

Portrait of Cody Chamberlain.

Gallery

Selected Works

A focused group of paintings and process images drawn from recent work.

Hidden Valley, a wide landscape painting by Cody Chamberlain.

State commission

Hidden Valley

2024 · Oil painting

A state commission tied to cultural landscape, public memory, and protected sites.

Juniper Sky shown outdoors against a bright sky.

Exhibition work

Juniper Sky

2022 · Oil painting

A large desert painting built on open sky, distance, and the upward pull of the juniper.

Wasatch Wildflowers oil painting by Cody Chamberlain.

Selected work

Wasatch Wildflowers

2022 · Oil painting

A mountain-facing painting that keeps the same close attention to weather and surface.

Procession oil painting by Cody Chamberlain.

Rights purchased by Utah

Procession

2020 · Oil painting

A central work in the archive. Utah later purchased the image rights after Thrive 125.

Studio Practice

Fieldwork, memory, and close looking.

These paintings come from time spent in desert and mountain country. They hold weather, erosion, petroglyph sites, bone, bloom, and the marks of repeated attention.

Studio brushes used during the Hidden Valley commission.

Prints

Print Releases

A small set of prints is available now. Each release starts at $400.

Journal

Recent Journal Notes

Notes on commissions, exhibition openings, and time in the field.

Hidden Valley unveiled.

March 24, 2024

Unveiling Hidden Valley

A finished state commission shaped by cultural sites, public land, and preservation.

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Field reference photo image.

March 23, 2023

Reference Photo

A field reference that connects looking in place with painting in the studio.

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