For some time now, I have had some health issues and spent most of my time going for medical tests. I have never been much of a doctor person and have been feeling rather "adrift" during all of this....kind of on the edge of something without really being there. I have been wanting to paint and was unable to do so for a couple of months. This is my first attempt and contrary to my "darker" side these days, my painting betrays a kind of colorful optimism that always seems to dwell within me. The southwest is a place I return to time and time again in my mind and it appears here in my painting, depicting the strong presence of the saguaros and the joshua tree raising it's arms to G-D