drop head Through their interpretations of the Mojave Desert, artists add new layers to our understanding and appreciation of our environment. From realistic images to uncanny poetic impressionism, their portrayals invite us to see more sharply and think more deeply about a region often dismissed as a wasteland. The images are often breathtaking: starbursts of spiky Joshua tree leaves; sprawling root systems of pines; shifting soft light on the Spring Mountains; geometrically striking patterns on rattlesnakes; starlight over a mountainous setting for tribal creation stories; and ghostly faces of great-horned owls, kangaroo rats and foxes bellying up to the same midnight watering hole. Original article: https://www.reviewjournal.com/rj-magazine/painted-deserts-introducing-six-artists-whose-work-portrays-and-seeks-to-protect-the-mojave-desert-1692750780-unique/
