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I passed by this site on my way to the Pecos river and stopped both going up and coming back in the evening…. I had to paint it and write a poem! The Rock Serpent A rock serpent emerges from Rugged hills South of Galisteo Silently moving West to East, Returning to its’ molten home. I also climb the hilltops, Feel the Sun above and The golden grass beneath my feet. Grateful on each step On this journey home.

Dancing Spires is an original digital composition based on two of my previous acrylic paintings… combining them tells more of story as captured in this poem: Dancing Spires (Sedona) Dancing in the moonlight, Sedona spires come alive. Birthed by wind and rain, Over millions of years. Their spirit is now revealed, For thousands of years To those who also Dance with the Moonlight.

Water Sculpture Rust, gold, every color in between. Western canyons rise as if grown by the river below. But they are carved with patient love, wet fingers reach down from above, shaping stone, Bringing life, creating beauty in the desert, a gift from the source to which the rivers Return again and again. To which I also return again and again to find life and beauty. Being carved also from above by patient love, revealing my true colors. This was my first digital reimagination of an original...