Luminous Desert Sunset Skies Behind Palm Trees, Palm Desert California Canvas Print

One of the big draws of living in or visiting this destination resort is to witness the brilliant luminosity of the sun's brightness as it sets over the Santa Rosa mountain range in Palm Desert, California.

Since childhood, Aristotle's quote, "Where there is no vision, the people perish," has been a huge influence on me. I continue to extend and interpret its meaning through my photography as I capture images that hopefully inspire, amuse and gladden. At the same time, perhaps my images will also help document the beauty of Mother Nature and our responsibility to care for her. Following a three decade career in public education, as a teacher and then principal for the Los Angeles Unified School District, I began a new career quite serendipitously as a professional landscape, wildlife and jazz photographer of California's majestic Eastern Sierra mountains. Exhilarated by the exquisite beauty surrounding our new mountain residence, my...