The Sonoran Desert is mostly in Mexico but includes a piece of southern AZ and the southeast corner of CA. Tucson is in the Sonoran and averages about 12" of rain per year - roughly twice what we get here in LHC, which is on the border of the Sonoran and Mohave deserts; the Mohave abuts the northern edge of the Sonoran. Much of the Sonoran resembles a carefully laid out park with an amazing variety of drought tolerant plants attractively spaced and arranged by that professional landscaper Mother Nature.
My most recent painting is a Sonoran desert landscape. I didn't plan it that way, was thinking a quite different, albeit related, scene. Sometimes a partially painted canvas develops a mind of its own and the artist just goes with the flow. It's either that or bag it, slap on a mess of white paint and start over. Being lazy, I go with the flow. Mostly.
Sonoran Desert
