Jumping Cholla Canvas Print

I created this digital painting from a photos I took at the Teddy Bear Cholla Gardens in Joshua Tree National Park. They are not as soft and huggable as they look and the little round fuzzy tips jump off and it is easy to get stuck...lots. Beautiful to see at sunrise and sunset. The little stickers glow in the sunlight.

As an essentially self-taught artist, I have found my own truths and artistic paths. I am naturally curious and fervid about understanding new techniques, making the self-learning process a challenge I enjoy. Through the years, I have studied printmaking, drawing, painting, and graphic design, and I feel fortunate to have had a very successful career in that extremely competitive field. While art is, by nature, intuitive and emotive, my process is relatively straightforward. I approach each new piece knowing it requires a correct set of elements bound together with creative resolve, with the ultimate goal being a perfected visual exposition. I am experimental to a considerable degree, but my guiding objective is to create with a...