Wild West Early Summer, 2023, watercolor with ink sticks, 16 x 20 in. / 40.64 x 50.8 cm.

Wild West Early Summer, Gena Destri, 2023, watercolor with ink sticks, 16 x 20 in. / 40.64 x 50.8 cm.

A studio painting concocted from photos taken on a road trip from Austin, TX to Davis Mountains State Park. The orange-pink-reds of the earth against the thriving greens of the desert plants are always something that tickles the brain and pleases the eye.