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Acrylic on Canvas

This piece was created months before i relocated from the mostly frigid Midwest to the promise of eternal sunshine in Phoenix, AZ. While I had still not even visited, It acted as a countdown to a life imagined. The hallmark features of the southwest were clearly Cacti - A sort of weird tree bush that thrives in hot climates. This novelty of my country soul turned out to be even better than I had imagined. “I want to live here.” And so I did. The painting sat untouched as I acclimated to my new home. Suddenly everything I had dreamed of began to shift. I was no longer a tourist, now I live here and all of the houses look like this.

I guess this is the valley.