Wickenburg, Prescott, and the Sonoran Desert

The area around Wickenburg is pure Sonoran Desert, and in the spring, incredibly lush. Wickenburg and Prescott have flourishing art communities, and wonderful events like the Desert Caballeros Ride, Gold Rush Days, and so forth. I attended a Women Artists of the West show at Canyonside Gallery, and fell in love with the area. So did Plein-Air Painters of America last year, with a wonderful show and sale at the Desert Caballeros Museum.
 

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Wickenburg

Wickenburg, in the Sonoran Desert, is an intriguing place, rocky, sometimes inhospitable, with a lush
Spring growth and wildflowers. By mid-April, as here, the lushness has started to burn down, and the
setting sun catches the golden colors as they start to appear. You don't often get to glimpse the local wildlife, but if you're lucky...14" x 28", $950, framed .
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Hassayampa River, Box Canyon

The Hassayampa runs for quite a distance underground. But here in Box Canyon, outside Wickenburg, it flowsaboveground, sort of, during the Spring. 17" x 21" SOLD.

    
       

Sonoran Desert

Intriguing mixtures of spring cactus and brush. SOLD

    
       

Morning at Ruth & Ebbs

Early morning in the desert is magic, particularly in the springtime. Our friends, Ruth & Ebbs Johnson, have this wonderful utility trail behind their desert home, with several lovely views.
The Sonoran Desert in bloom. Plein air.SOLD

    
       

Entrance to the TK Bar Ranch

East of Peeples Valley on the road to Prescott. Scene is typical of the dry, mountainous terrain.
Plein air. SOLD

    
       
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Gwen Meyer Pentecost

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