Shown below are a few pictographs at a Chumash rock art site located in Ventura County. The pictographs decorate the underside of a slight overhang found at the base of a hillside outcrop. The rock formation is set at the foot of a mountainside and provides a sweeping, 180 degree bird’s-eye view over miles of conifer forest. The remarkable view is backed by high ridgeline silhouettes in the hazy blue distance and gives the place an exceptionally remote and desolate feeling.
In the following photos I outlined in red a few of the individual pictographs to better illustrate the designs in comparison to their natural faded state.
This individual pictograph shown above and outlined below is about 18 to 24 inches tall. I didn’t measure it, but it’s relatively large.
This fine-lined illustration above is painted just beside one of the feet on the previously shown outlined pictograph. Note the zig-zag line for comparison.
The pictograph below is one of the many faded designs found on the panel shown above.
