What a trip it was! The whole package…great scenery, interesting animals, terrific traveling companions who are also great artists and, in 2013, the exhibition at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum to top it off.
I’ll be blogging about specific aspects of this experience and the art that I plan to create from it between now and showtime, but today I thought I’d share an overview of some of my favorite images, an album, if you will.
And, for this coming Mongolia Monday, I’ll compare and contrast Mongolia’s Gobi with the part of the Sonora Desert that I have now visited.
View from the condo I shared with four other artists.Nacapuli CanyonSomeone took pictures of almost everything. Here's Carel Brest van Kempen photographing ants.Predator water beetle; waterhole in Nacapuli CanyonAs yet unidentified lizard; Nacapuli CanyonEstero Solado; an estuary ringed by three species of mangroveRoseate spoonbills feeding in the esteroThe turkey vulture who wouldn't abandon "his" fishOne of about six species of fiddler crabs living on the shores of the esteroWillets on the beach near the condo in nice morning lightPelican feeding frenzy off-shore in San CarlosThe wonderful boat that we went out inThe boat made it possible for the plein air painters to get to great spots like thisHeerman's gull; almost at eye level from the boat's dingySan Pedro Island; we spent a day birdwatching and snorkeling along its three mile lengthBrown pelicansBrandt's cormorantsSally Lightfoot crabBlue-footed booby colony; the white is guanoBlue-footed booby; an artist favoriteCalifornia sea lionsMale California sea lionFemale magnificent frigatebirdThe Sea of CortezGroup shot- photo by Molly Moore- Field Trip to San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, March 19 - 26, 2011. Pictured are Linda Bittner, Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen, DeVere Burt, Andrew Denman, Kim Diment, Kim Duffek, Cathy Ferrell, Susan Fisher, Susan Fox, Mary Garrish, Ann Geise, Shawn Gould, Mary Helsaple, Heiner Hertling, John Kobald, Deian Moore, John Pitcher, Don Rambadt, Paul Rhymer, Rebecca Richman, Carolyn Thome, Christine Sarazin, Rachelle Siegrist, Wes Siegrist, Martha Thompson, Glenn Thompson, Sue Westin, Ronnie Williford, Debbe Wilson, and Nicholas Wilson. (Not pictured are John Agnew and Molly Moore). Leading the field trip was Richard C. Brusca, Ph.D. The trip was organized by David J. Wagner, Ph.D. for artists to produce a body of artwork for a museum exhibition entitled The Sea of Cortez, produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C., and scheduled to premiere at The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute from March 16 through June 2, 2013.
Susan Fox, American Artist 