In-depth look at the painting "Borrego in Bloom"

Erin Hanson Newsletter No images? [Click here]( [The Erin Hanson Newsletter]( ["Borrego in Bloom"]( Painting In-Depth Look Dear {NAME}, Borrego Springs has been a favorite haunt of mine for over a decade. I fell in love with the California desert when I was a kid and used to go camping at Joshua Tree National Park. I also lived in Palmdale for a while as a teenager, and I used to take my German Shepard out into the Joshua Tree-filled desert, hiking by moonlight and searching for animal bones to add to my collection (I had always wanted to be a biologist and an artist!) I loved being all alone in the wide-open desert, surrounded by the alien-looking cacti starkly silhouetted against a star-filled sky, feeling a sense of infinite space surrounding me. I discovered Borrego Springs when I did an art festival there several years ago. I immediately fell in love with the Anza-Borrego State Park. The whole region is so sparsely populated that you feel isolated and surrounded by the magnificent and dramatic beauty of the desert. There are city regulations keeping artificial light at a minimum, so you can really see the stars at night! There are countless hikes you can take into the canyons, an awesome oasis, and if you are lucky, you can catch a wildflower superbloom in the springtime. Here is the collection of Borrego Springs-inspired paintings I have done over the past years: [view here](. The painting "Borrego in Bloom" captures a scene from the southern edge of Borrego, where there are hundreds of ocotillo growing along the slopes leading up to the surrounding mountains. When the ocotillo bloom, their desert stalks turn from gray-brown to green, and the tips of their spider-like stalks bloom with bright red flowers that always remind me of birds of paradise. The brush strokes in "Borrego in Bloom" are loose and impressionstic, conveying a sense of movement within the painting. When you see the painting in person, you can experience the thick texture of the paint and lustruous sheen of the oil color. Here is an example of a print of this painting hanging in a collector's home: Borrego in Bloom Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches (the original is sold - [click here]( for 3D Textured Replicas or canvas prints.) I hope you enjoyed the in-depth look! Sincerely, Erin Hanson [The Erin Hanson Gallery]( [Facebook]([YouTube]([Instagram]([Pinterest]( The Erin Hanson Gallery in Oregon 1805 NE Colvin Ct McMinnville, OR 97128 (503) 334-3670 The Erin Hanson Gallery in Carmel San Carlos between 5th and 6th Carmel, CA 93921 (831) 574-1782 Please call or text us at the number above to make an appointment at the gallery. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Erin Hanson's artist newsletter. [Unsubscribe](