Our group trip to the Living Desert resulted in many exciting scenes of spring growth, animal behavior, and even a few animal babies! The Living Desert in Palm Desert, CA provides a beautiful landscape and living space for many desert creatures, both exotic and familiar to our region. The natural setting feels both wild and kept, a contradiction, I know, but one that truly tugs at the imagination! The entire environment provides candy for the soul if you so happen to love the desert, as I do.
Though it warmed up as the day wore on, the weather was agreeable, and the occasional cloud made for a wonderful backdrop to several photos. The gardens peppered throughout the park deserve a trip of their own, and one could easily visit for the animals alone. All in all, one single trip to the Living Desert never seems like enough.
Living Desert – peccary babies
Living Desert – slice of home
Living Desert – lorikeet
Living Desert – lorikeet
Living Desert – giraffe closeup
Living Desert – snow geese
Living Desert – snow geese
Living Desert – giraffe
Living Desert – cheetah
Living Desert – hummingbird
Living Desert – momma and babe
Living Desert – momma and babe
Living Desert – wolf
Living Desert – kit fox
Living Desert – bobcat
Living Desert – barn owl
Living Desert – burrowing owl
Living Desert – momma and babe
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Writeup! Youth Art Show 2019
Writeup! Judged Spring Art 2019
Sharon George and L Hilary Slotta are sharing space on the walls of the Center for Healthy Generations in Yucca Valley during November and their works beautifully compliment each other.
Slotta loves color, vibrancy is everything and her compositions are magical. She works with a number of mediums and certainly finds the bold qualities of each as she presents alcohol ink, acrylic and watercolor creations.
George also wows us with several mediums, presenting delicate and vivid watercolors, detailed scratch art that catches the light superbly, and a lovely mixed media that demonstrates the versatility of watercolor. This shared display of creations is already on the walls and will remain so until December 1st, so stop by, enjoy, and consider purchasing a gift for a loved one!
Patricia Quandel is sharing her creations at the Desert Hills Presbyterian Church in Yucca Valley during the month of November. Quandel is a photographer, experiments with mixed media and she has taken up painting! Her creations have always conveyed a unique take on day-to-day scenes and her paintings are are energetic and fun. I am in awe of how quickly she has taken up the reins with watercolor. I feel there is a connection to photography – she knows exactly what she wants and she is working the medium boldly. Be sure to catch the show before it comes off the walls at the end of the month!
Show your support by visiting these venues and enjoying beautiful creations! For more information about these venues, visit the Schedule page. For more information about these artists visit the Members page and search for their name.
Date: April 6, 2019
Author: Raini Armstrong
Our group trip to the Living Desert resulted in many exciting scenes of spring growth, animal behavior, and even a few animal babies! The Living Desert in Palm Desert, CA provides a beautiful landscape and living space for many desert creatures, both exotic and familiar to our region. The natural setting feels both wild and kept, a contradiction, I know, but one that truly tugs at the imagination! The entire environment provides candy for the soul if you so happen to love the desert, as I do.
Though it warmed up as the day wore on, the weather was agreeable, and the occasional cloud made for a wonderful backdrop to several photos. The gardens peppered throughout the park deserve a trip of their own, and one could easily visit for the animals alone. All in all, one single trip to the Living Desert never seems like enough.
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