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About This Artwork
About This Piece
Most people assume the Sonoran Desert has no autumn. They’re mostly right. The saguaros and prickly pear hold their color year-round, and the mountains change more in light than in foliage. But along the desert washes, where cottonwoods find enough water to put on a real show, and among the shrubs that answer cooler temperatures with unexpected reds and golds, the season does arrive. Briefly, quietly, and beautifully.
Catalina Autumn Splendor captures one of those brief windows. Golden cottonwoods and vivid red shrubs fill the middle distance, while a saguaro, barrel cactus, and prickly pear hold their familiar places in the foreground. A natural desert wash leads the eye back toward Pusch Ridge and the Catalina Range, which rise with the same permanent authority they always have, unchanged by the season but framed by it like no other time of year.
It’s the kind of scene Oro Valley residents recognize but rarely stop to capture. The cottonwoods only hold their color for a few weeks. The light has to be right. And you have to be looking.
Print & Production
Catalina Autumn Splendor is printed on metal, which gives the seasonal golds and reds the luminosity they deserve. The cottonwoods glow against the cooler tones of the mountains, and the red shrubs carry real intensity without overpowering the scene.
Each piece is printed directly onto lightweight aluminum with a brilliant, scratch-resistant finish and arrives with a French cleat hanging system, ready to hang.
Details
- Orientation: Landscape (horizontal)
- Format: Metal print
- Production: Made to order in Arizona
- Delivery: 12–22 business days
- Shipping: Free to the continental United States