Sonora Desert Shadows

I wanted to develop a new line of art pieces that continued to feature the local desert woods but in a format that I called wood tapestry.  The dictionary definition of tapestry is: "a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc."  This sounded like what I wanted to do only with wood rather than fabric.  My first piece called Sonora Desert Shadows is shown below.

The framed size is 3 ft. wide and 4 ft. tall.  All pieces are mounted on a 3/8 inch plywood and framed with narrow strips of gum wood.  Additional sculptured pieces of gum wood are used throughout the piece.  A backdrop of saguaro ribs, stained purple are placed across the top and large sections of saguaro limbs, also stained purple fill the lower portion.  Cholla sections stained red fill the central area and filter down through the large Saguaro segments.  This is a large, heavy and bold piece designed to be hung on the wall.  It sold just last month.

A second piece in this series, Full Moon Rising, was featured in an earlier post.  I have four or five more in the sketching stage that I would love to start.  It's the familiar situation,  "so many ideas--so little time".

*More detail can be found on my art at my website <www.apatchablue.com>