"I Am The Desert Spring of the American Southwest Wonderland [Spring 2]" 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 Desert Spring of the American Southwest Wonderland” is an invitation to remember what the Sonoran Desert teaches every year: life does not ask permission to return—it simply arrives, radiant and undeniable. In the spirit of The Desert Abstraction Project, this piece treats Tucson’s landscape as both mirror and trailhead: a living signpost that nudges spiritual seekers back into wonder, back into presence, and back into the personal meanings we choose to assign to what we see.

At the center, a flower bursts open in soft pinks and violets—fine, needle-like petals radiating outward with delicate intensity, as if the bloom is emitting its own frequency. Behind it, the atmosphere stays airy and luminous: a pale green field that feels like desert light after a cleansing shift in season. Layered into that openness are impressionistic forms that echo saguaro fruit—familiar Sonoran shapes rendered with a dreamlike softness—while black splatters and angular marks cut through the composition like wind, thorns, or the raw handwriting of nature itself. The result is a compelling tension: tenderness framed by edge, elegance held inside a wilder, more primal energy.

What makes this work land is how faithfully it captures spring as a spiritual principle, not just a season. The desert doesn’t bloom because conditions are perfect; it blooms because renewal is woven into the design of life. The flower’s confident expansion—set against marks that suggest friction, grit, and intensity—becomes a visual teaching: growth is not the absence of hardship; it is life expressing itself through it. If you want a piece that brings Tucson’s springtime enchantment into your space while also serving as a daily reminder to keep opening—keep choosing meaning, keep choosing love, keep returning to what’s alive in you—this artwork belongs where you will see it often. Collect it now and let it reawaken your sense of wonder each day.

Accompanying Inspirational Exercise — “Spring Renewal Reset” (5 minutes, simple and actionable)
Stand with the artwork and let your eyes rest on the bloom. Then complete these three prompts—out loud or in a notebook:

1. What’s blooming in me right now? (A new desire, a creative direction, a healthier boundary, a deeper faith.)

2. What’s the ‘thorn’ around it? (Fear, self-doubt, overthinking, old programming, a protective habit that once helped.)

3. What’s one way I can cooperate with renewal today? (Choose one small action you can complete in 10 minutes.)

Finish with a single commitment sentence:
“Today, I practice opening anyway.”

To anchor it physically, do one tangible “spring act” before the day ends: clear a small space, water a plant, take a short walk without distractions, or send the message you’ve been postponing. Over time, this trains you to treat renewal as a practice—not a mood—and to recognize that even in a desert, life is always ready to return.