Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:40x60 Above it all

Above it all

I leaned into abstraction and proximity

then slowly dissolve back into something else

the Milky Way rises with clarity

There’s a sense of anticipation here that never really shuts off

Prickly Pear at Sunset, Lajitas Size:40x60 Above it allLajitas, Texas This photograph was made beneath Lajitas Mesa in Big Bend as the day moved toward sunset. A fully opened prickly pear bloom fills the foreground, its petals catching the last warm light before the desert begins to cool. I worked close to the ground, allowing the flower to dominate the frame while the mesa and surrounding terrain recede behind it. The contrast between the softness of the petals and the rigidity of the land was what held