Sonoran Sunset

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