This 8"x10 was painted at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood. Don't let the name fool you, it is a lovely park thick with cottonwood trees and mesquite. Anywhere in the park affords you a view of the Mingus mountain range. My favorite time to paint that range is in the late afternoon like this where just hints of color catch the tips of mountain rocks. At the Sedona Art Center in the 28th Annual Juried Members Exhibition where this painting and "Sedona Reds" will be hanging. Sedona had snow just last week, I was painting there just Sunday and it was 50 degrees and sunny. Sedona is beautiful, and a great day trip. Just don't have mexican food there, it is prepared for the tastes of most of the visitors which happen to be from the midwest and Canada. There is a fabulous breakfast place, way out on the west end of Hwy89 down by the Bashas is the Coffee Pot. You get grits, homemade biscuits and a big pot of coffee on your table. They are fast, food is good, and reasonable prices.
This 8"x10 was painted at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood. Don't let the name fool you, it is a lovely park thick with cottonwood trees and mesquite. Anywhere in the park affords you a view of the Mingus mountain range. My favorite time to paint that range is in the late afternoon like this where just hints of color catch the tips of mountain rocks. At the Sedona Art Center in the 28th Annual Juried Members Exhibition where this painting and "Sedona Reds" will be hanging. Sedona had snow just last week, I was painting there just Sunday and it was 50 degrees and sunny. Sedona is beautiful, and a great day trip. Just don't have mexican food there, it is prepared for the tastes of most of the visitors which happen to be from the midwest and Canada. There is a fabulous breakfast place, way out on the west end of Hwy89 down by the Bashas is the Coffee Pot. You get grits, homemade biscuits and a big pot of coffee on your table. They are fast, food is good, and reasonable prices.
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