Gallery 6-2 - Unusual Images and Wonderful Art

Sometimes a scene recommends itself for special and unusual treatment. With most of our work, we strive for exceptional beauty or an exceptional mood that enhances the meaning of the image. Still, sometimes an image evokes the need to leap beyond the usual constraints into abstract art and unusual visions of reality. These scenes are always real, sometimes hyper-real. and they have been taken to the level of a dream. We've been very sparing in this gallery. Dreams are the hardest images to capture and we've selected only the best. Take a deep breath, and then take a close look. Later, be sure and check our other galleries as well; they overlap a little.

Dreams don't always come in small sizes. Some images in this gallery are available principally in large format (13 x 19" to 24 x 48" paper size--although individual image sizes vary somewhat).

For your convenience, we've placed only a few images on each page of this gallery. When you are ready, go to page 1, or 3 of this Gallery, or use the tags at the top to view other galleries on our site and place your order.

◄ Heart of the Desert

Heart of the Desert©, like true love, is a rare find. Nonetheless, on rare occasion, the pad of a prickly pear does grow into a recognizably well-loved shape. Here a real opuntia cactus seems to bring the heart of the Sonoran desert into our homes, complete with a faint rainbow to emphasize its warmth of feeling. Edition size: 39 small; 11 large; artist: Laurie Larwood.

◄ Hilltop Royalty

Hilltop Royalty©. North of Tucson and east of Phoenix is a magical little dirt road that heads out into the country well beyond urban sprawl. A small herd of horses ranges high up on the hills. There are no brands here; just wild freedom. Here, we can visit, but the horses are in charge. Edition size: 49 small; 49 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

Homestead ▲

Homestead© is the front garden gate to an old resort in Tucson. Here, the old wheels, pottery and string of peppers are real, as though they had just fallen off a passing covered wagon. The cactus, growing enthusiastically everywhere, needs no explanation. Edition size: 49 small; 39 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

◄ In a Flash

In a Flash© measures the instant when these lightning bolts illuminate a giant saguaro that reaching up toward them. The time is just after sunset when a suggestion of red glow remains in the sky. And the blue color?—not just deep sky, but water vapor. And the monsoon storm begins to flash. Edition size: 29 small; 19 large; artist: Laurie Larwood.

In the Wild

◄ In the Wild

In the Wild© shows a lone white mustang on the open range before the red bluff of the Defiance Uplift and Arizona’s Chuska Mountains. Here the two mile high mountains drop to a rolling range of untamed high desert inhabited by sage and wild ponies. This is the storied west. Edition size: 39 small; 39 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

◄ It's a Dry Heat

It's a Dry Heat©. Somewhere at the top of a hill in Southeastern Arizona is a little town called "Tombstone" where Wyatt Earp and his friends shot it out with some desperadoes at the OK Corral. Its history, its played-out mines, and its boot hill have given this town the reputation of “the town too tough to die.” This is the real old west that the movies didn’t invent. Edition size: 19 small; 11 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

Looking Back

Looking Back ►

Looking Back©. Wupatki ruins, just a little north of Flagstaff, tell of an ancient time when the area was occupied by the Sinaqua people. Imagine this as a thriving village with perhaps ninety to one hundred people finding clever ways to thrive on the desert plain. Edition size: 29 small; 35 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

Mail Man

Mail Man ►

Mail Man©. The old stage coach waits just outside Tombstone’s O.K. Corral. Will it pick up the mail, a young family traveling to Bisbee, a small load of gold ore from Tombstone’s mine? Or is it waiting for the end of a gunfight that is reputed to be taking place in a few minutes. Careful. Better take cover! Edition size: 49 small; 35 large; artist: Sherry Shamroth.

New Beginnings

◄ New Beginnings

New Beginnings©. Five unusual pictures tell the story. Here two humming bird chicks are looking for mom. She arrives, feeds them a bit of nectar, and shares some time with them in the nest. Then, at the end of just a few weeks, the two chicks are fully fledged, spilling over the nest, and ready to fend for themselves. Edition size: 49 small; 29 large (not matted); artist: Laurie Larwood.

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