"I Am the Relentless Sun Beating Down Upon Me [Summer 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 Relentless Sun Beating Down Upon Me” is a desert truth rendered as a spiritual metaphor: pressure is real, and so is the strength that forms beneath it. In the broader context of The Desert Abstraction Project, the Sonoran Desert is not simply a landscape—it is a mirror for the inner path, where heat, intensity, and exposure become catalysts for awakening. This piece speaks to the lived moment when there is no shade to hide in—when life’s brightness forces clarity, burns away illusion, and asks you to decide what you are made of.

The image is anchored by two saguaros set against a luminous sky. On the right, a solid, dark cactus stands sharply silhouetted—unyielding, present, and unmistakably real—while soft clouds glow around a bright sun breaking through. To the left, a second saguaro appears as a translucent, rainbow-tinted overlay, its spectral form blending with the sky as if it were memory, spirit, or perception itself. Beneath them, shrubs and rocky ground provide the tactile grit of the desert floor, grounding the scene in lived reality. The layering is what makes the work compelling: it places endurance beside epiphany, the physical beside the subtle, the self that withstands beside the self that transforms.

In the language of this project, the relentless sun becomes more than hardship—it becomes revelation. It exposes where we cling to fear, control, and false narratives, and it invites a return to what is true: presence, humility, and the steady practice of choosing how we Feel, Act, and Respond. The dark saguaro reads like the part of you that keeps showing up no matter what; the iridescent saguaro reads like the part of you that grows in consciousness as you do. Together, they suggest a powerful message for any seeker: you are both the one enduring the heat and the one becoming brighter through it. If you want art that doesn’t merely decorate a room, but strengthens your inner life—especially on the days that feel demanding—bring this piece into your home or workspace now. Let it stand as a daily reminder that intensity can refine you, and that your spirit can remain vivid even under relentless light.

Accompanying Inspirational Exercise — “Under the Sun: The Clarity Practice” (4 minutes, as-needed)
Stand before the artwork and focus first on the solid, dark saguaro (endurance), then on the rainbow-translucent saguaro (expanded perception). Ask yourself three questions and answer them in one sentence each: (1) What is the ‘heat’ in my life right now? (pressure, workload, uncertainty, conflict) (2) What illusion is this heat revealing? (“I have to do it all,” “I’m not enough,” “I can’t slow down.”) (3) What is the truest next step I can take today? (one boundary, one honest conversation, one restorative action, one focused task). Close by placing a hand on your chest and saying: “I can’t control the heat, but I can choose my response—and I choose clarity.” Repeated over time, this practice turns pressure into insight and endurance into growth.