ARIZONA
beginnings
are
told
through
his own. But when he was 19
legends. Living in harmony with
this lanky, soft-spoken cowboy
the land and nature, life here
traded his collection of 22 rifles
follows traditions… like that of
for
a grandmother teaching her
and never looked back.
granddaughter to weave sheep’s
than 45 years later, Getzwiller is
wool and following designs more
considered a premier expert in
than a hundred years old.
Navajo weavings, working with
some
Navajo
weavings… More
about 40 weavers creating oneof-a-kind textiles.
Now enter the cowboy, Steve Getzwiller, owner of Nizhoni Ranch Gallery.
He’s the real
Nizhoni, which means “beautiful”
deal, with his cowboy heritage
in the Navajo language, is the
stretching back generations to
perfect name for this hilltop
the territorial days of Arizona
gallery which is also home for
and New Mexico and the early
Steve and his wife Gail.
days of Texas. He’s the son of
across the tile patio and through
a champion team roper, and
the heavy oak door, and you’re
even did some rodeo roping of
stepping into another world, one 252
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