Another pair of panels shows a group of people dancing with hands clasped beneath a rainbow. Policemen, cowboys and business professionals are shown united in the same goal of healing. Even an alien is included to represent making peace with mystery.

“There are probably other things in here that people see that I had no intention of doing,” he said. “I kept this open so they can take in whatever realm they want to bring it to. I don’t want to make it so narrow and confined to one definition.”

His new paintings join the other art on display through The Peaks which range from Navajo rugs and kachina dolls to clay pots and photographs of Flagstaff in its early years. While some of the pieces are donated from private collections, most of them are on loan from the Museum of Northern Arizona, the center’s neighbor on the other side of Highway 180.

“We get people from all over coming in to tour The Peaks and definitely the artwork is one of the first things they notice,” said Patty Baca, the center’s director of sales and marketing.

Begay, whose works have been shown in premier Arizona museums, at the Smithsonian Institute and in other museums, took three months to complete the panels for The Peaks.