The songs of wildflowers never end and as they sang through the rustling wind, moisten by monsoon seasons and abundant of sunlight at the Desert of Sonoran. Mexican goldenpoppies, purplish majove lupines, blue scorpion weeds, golden desert marigolds, red chuparosas, orange desert golbemallows, yellow daisies brittlesbushes, white chaparral fleabane daisies...and so many more, showing up at the desert floor annually. Usually they begin from the late winter and through the early April. They dance in the wind and nod and greet the hikers with their flower-heads, wave with their blue-green leaves. Bees, butterflies, beetles of various species and hummingbirds are busy collecting pollens and nectar while spiny lizards are taking sun bath.
This is archival original piece which I have painted by the inspiration of the desert wildflowers found in the Sonora Desert in Arizona. All the sides were painted with continuation, the surface was coated with layers of gloss gel then semi-gloss (satin) polymer varnish as protection from dust and UV light, and the back is tightly strung with wire and ready to be hung even without a frame.
I choose to apply acrylic paints with my fingers on canvas without using brushes. In this way I have closed connection with colors and feeling the consistency of the paints certainly builds up part of the process. My painting process involves a lot of body actions which I fondly called it Kung-fu painting. I usually spread out several colors in bowls, then by actions of dashing, flickering, spattering, dripping and striking I add colors by layers onto the canvas. It was a time of remembering, reflection, pondering and meditation. It is totally therapeutic and relaxing.