Tag: mojave

Desert Spring

There is no way to describe the diversity and expanse of wildlife and flora in this particular Spring. With the mild El Niño temperatures and all the rains, the desert is still a vast blooming eye pleaser. Varieties seldom seen have appeared in technicolour before our eyes. Desert Iguanas saunter along while Whiptails nervously stay…

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Back from another whirlwind desert trip. Photographing wildlife and flora. The shrub in the previous post has been identified as Ratany. I was taken by this small flower and the photographs that ensued reveal the intense colour and beauty of the this amazing desert bloom with red-violet flowers that sing. To see the whole set…

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4 new images from the WVICA event.

Three new images from the weekend at WVICA event in the high desert. Printing, as we type, three new postcards commemorating the High Desert Test Site weekend and the California Biennial. Click the images to enlarge. Available only thru the artist, $5 gets you all 4 postcards signed, stamped and numbered. Postage included!!! What a…

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High Desert test Site at the Wonder Valley Institute Contemptorary Art

Miracles?!?! Disappearing curators at the edge of nowhere in a cabin on the high side of the Sheep Hole Pass in wonderland… the crew shows up at the final hour… miracle. Wonder Valley Institute is living up to the name, WONDER. I must say that Chris Veit’s friends REALLY knocked themselves out hanging sheet rock…

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Mojave Desert Land Trust

In my most recent trip to the desert from the sea, I decided to use my book as a way to be proactive in protecting the wilderness in Wonder Valley that I love. I am donating 5% of the profits from my book “8 Years in Wonder Valley” to The Mojave Desert Land Trust …an…

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