Early Light on the Mesa
Often, the stark southwestern landscape presents a softer side as when early morning light illuminates a sea of junipers receding into...
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Michael Baum
Apr 9, 2022
Afternoon Brilliance
I was blown away by the stark, intensely blue- violet shadows across these cliffs in the bright afternoon sunlight. Colors like this...
Michael Baum
Mar 26, 2022
A Journey Through Time
Wandering among these cliffs is a kind of time travel. Hundreds of millions of years are revealed in a few hundred feet. Each tiny layer...
Michael Baum
Mar 5, 2022
A Ripple in Eternity
A ripple on the surface of the river exists for only an instant. But over eons of time, ripples sliced through hundreds of feet of...
Michael Baum
Feb 27, 2022
The Color of Time
There are few things more inspiring than the exposed bones of the earth, eons of time laid bare, each having its own color, telling its...
Michael Baum
Feb 25, 2022
Watching the Weather
Unable to get out on the road during the pandemic to see new places and new things to paint, I had to seek inspiration from previous...
Michael Baum
Feb 24, 2022
Storm over Desert Mountains
Living in the dry Southwest, rain is a spiritual thing, a cause for celebration. There are few things that fill me with joy more than the...
Michael Baum
Mar 27, 2020
Creative Quicksand
An artist's encounter with quicksand on a backpacking trip to Grand Gulch, Utah.
But, there is more than one kind of quicksand.
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