"I Am the Sonoran Desert of Tucson, Arizona [Spring 1]" Limited Edition, Giclee Canvas Print

Print Quality Details

These museum-quality giclée canvas and premium paper prints are crafted with premium, ethically sourced materials and archival, acid-free inks to ensure lasting beauty. From durable poplar wood stretcher bars to precision Epson printing, every piece reflects exceptional craftsmanship, delivering a timeless, elegant artwork made to the highest professional standards.

These are outstanding giclées or archival pigment prints where each one is hand proofed and signed by me.  Giclée printing is a fine art digital printing method using specialist archival pigment inks and acid-free papers; creating museum/gallery prints with excellent depth of colour, longevity and stability.

Studies have shown that Giclee Prints colour vividness can last in excess of 200 years with tests by independent bodies such as Wilhelm Research and printer manufacturers such as Epson. This gives assurance to collectors and art buyers of this type of printing method.

Canvas: We use Urth canvas, the world’s first solvent canvas with archival certification by the Fine Art Trade Guild. Manufactured by the leading canvas supplier of award-winning digital inkjet canvas, Breathing Color® uses breakthrough technology of agent-free Fluorescent Whitening and Chromata white to create a canvas free of optical brighteners while still producing canvas prints with bright whites and true vivid colors that will not fade or yellow over time. With OBA-free Urth canvas, your print can hang in direct sunlight and remain fade-resistant and as beautiful as the day it was printed. The canvas has a built-in coating, which makes it moisture and abrasion-resistant, with UV protection. The canvas is durable enough to withstand cleaning by taking a damp cloth to the surface to remove dust.

Inks: We use UltraChrome GS3 HD inks, which have a wide & rich color gamut range. The inks are sprayed upon canvas, hence the “giclee application,” with extreme detail and vibrancy, thus creating a stunningly sharp image. Tested by Wilhelm Research, these lightfast, archival inks are designed to last 100+ years.

Wood: The wood used to create the stretcher bars for your print is made from poplar trees, which are extremely strong and stable.

Printing Equipment: Printers include the Epson Surecolor S80600 and the 9900 Pro Series, which are state-of-the-art in the industry and print at astounding resolutions of 1440 ppi.

Artwork Description and Symbolism

“I Am the Sonoran Desert of Tucson, Arizona” is both a place and a declaration. In The Desert Abstraction Project, Tucson’s desert becomes a living mirror for the inner world—proof that spiritual awakening is not something you “arrive at,” but something you navigate, moment by moment, with conscious awareness, like a trail that keeps revealing itself. This artwork invites you to see the Sonoran Desert the way a seeker learns to see their own life: not as random terrain, but as a meaningful landscape—alive with symbols, lessons, and hidden guidance.

Visually, the piece fuses cartography with emotion. Layered forms and textures of paddle cactus intertwine with layers of trail routes, campground icons, and wayfinding marks form a structured foundation—an everyday map transformed into a spiritual diagram. Vivid washes of blue, pink, and sunlit yellow drift across the surface like weather patterns of the psyche: memory, intuition, longing, and insight. Gestural black lines cut through the composition with urgency, like the mind moving through choice points—where order meets freedom and certainty meets mystery. At the heart of the mapping, the Southwest is emphasized, Arizona glowing brightest, then narrowing with intent into the Sonoran Desert and Tucson—an artistic “zoom” that feels like consciousness focusing its attention from the vast to the intimate, from the world to the self.

What makes this work resonate is its message: your life is not happening to you—it is happening through you, as you participate in how it’s interpreted, what it becomes, and what it means. And you are continuously magnetizing a corresponding outer world to what is in your inner world. The map suggests direction, but the abstract overlays insist on something deeper: that the true path is internal, and the “trailhead signpost” is always available in the present moment. If you’re drawn to art that honors Tucson while also speaking to the universal spiritual journey—art that feels like a compass for your inner life—this piece is meant to live where you can see it often. Bring it home now as a daily reminder that you belong to this land, and that your path—like the desert—holds more life, depth, and meaning than the five senses alone can explain.

Accompanying Inspirational Exercise — “The Trailhead Signpost Practice” (7 minutes, clarity + alignment)
Use this artwork as a personal map. Sit with it and imagine you are standing at a trailhead—about to choose how you will “walk” through your day. Then write quick answers to these four prompts:

1. You Are Here: What am I honestly feeling right now (no story, just the feeling)?

2. Trail Conditions: What is the main pattern I’m navigating lately—fear or love, contraction or expansion?

3. Choose a Route: What is one small choice today that would move me 1% closer to my highest self?

4. Leave a Marker: Name one thing I appreciate about my life as it is—right now.

Close with one sentence you repeat like a signpost:
“I walk my path with awareness, and I choose the meaning I assign.”

Practiced regularly, this turns “life navigation” into a grounded ritual—less reacting, more choosing—so your outer world begins to reflect the inner direction you’re consciously setting.