Gallery 2-1 - Southwest Mountains and Canyons

These are the scenes of the rugged Southwestern US. They are unique, as the landscape itself is unique. Although the snow in Alpine Glory and in No Way Through seems strange to those unfamiliar with the Southwest, the territory extends from well below sea level to miles above it. In other scenes, the landscape seems on fire. In every case, the scenes are real, very real, and it is the art of digitography that has brought them alive. Be sure and check our other galleries; they each overlap a little.

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◄ Apache Trail

Apache Trail© is the name of a long winding road in central Arizona. Narrow, and in parts unpaved,, the trail nestles above the gorge enclosing three major lakes. On either side, mountain ranges rise over a mile, blessing the desert with sufficient shelter and rainfall to raise a magnificent crop of flowers, including this golden agave. Edition size: 49 small; 29 large; artist: Laurie Larwood.

◄ Breezeway

Breezeway©. In the northern patch of the Tucson mountains, across from Saguaro National Park, you might fine an old ranch house and windmill. Look carefully. On some days, if you watch awhile, you might see a well-fed hawk settling on a high perch to look back at you. Edition size: 39 small, 24 large; artist: Laurie Larwood

Cedar Arch ►

Cedar Arch©. This is wilderness. An ancient cedar bends low over a little clearing bordered by yucca. Bend low and head down this rugged hill, cross the stretch of Sonora desert below and you reach one of the astonishing mountains ringing Sedona. Go a little further and you head up the majestic Mogollon Rim, thousands of feet above. Edition size: 31 small, 29 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

◄ Desert's Edge

Desert’s Edge©. Late spring in the desert finds a wonderful number of flowers in bloom—the giant saguaros, ocotillos, yuccas, and creosote bushes are showing their colors here. Meanwhile, the distant mountains and the drier lower valley floor provide contrasting lines of color. Edition size: 49 small, 35 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

Desert Floor ►

Desert Floor© shows a small mountain near Arizona’s Sedona, a region seemingly as enchanted as its reputation. It is here that the Mogollon Rim gives way to the Sonoran desert floor, with a vertical cascade of juniper, aspen, yucca, palo verde, and prickly pear. It is here that the silence is broken only by the wind, the desert creatures, and our dreams. Edition size: 39 small, 15 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

▲ Final Inspection

Final Inspection© is made by this red-tailed hawk as he wheels over the desert south of the Huachuca Mountains in Southeastern Arizona. A late season monsoonal storm has managed to bring color to the desert, and a feast awaits both the delighted small game and its sharp-eyed inspector. Edition size: 49 small; 24 large; artist: Laurie Larwood.

◄ Home in the Hideaway

Home in the Hideaway©, these two coyotes have taken possession of the wash at Cochise Stronghold in Southeastern Arizona. Here they are surrounded by cottonwoods and oak woodland, while a little way above them loom the gigantic boulders of the Dragoon Mountains. The Stronghold’s rabbit inhabitants, of course, remain unseen. Edition size: 39 small; 29 large; artist: Laurie Larwood.

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