Red Mountain on the Move Canvas Print

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I took this digitally and artistically enhanced photograph from a moving vehicle on the Bush Highway. This is Red Mountain, also known as Mount MacDowell, Fire Rock, and Gunsight Butte. It is located on the eastern edge of the valley on Fort MacDowell Indian tribe land and is 2830 feet high. It is a difficult climb, but I did it - 30 years ago with some friends. Today it is off limits per the Fort McDowell Indian Tribe — for hiking at least, but not for looking! Truly one of the most stand-out landmarks of the Phoenix Metropolitan area, this striking red rocky mountain overlooks the Salt River - a popular recreational destination in the Tonto National Forest. I’d spent the day there with my husband enjoying the water sounds on the river, the beautiful scenery and illustrious Sonoran Desert wildlife - including the famous Salt River Wild Horses - one of the few remaining truly wild horse herds in North America. To learn more about these magnificent creatures, please see my v...

Judy Kennedy (a visionary wayward muse) is a nature mystic and disabled visual media artist specializing in the Arizona Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is the United States' most ecologically diverse desert - especially in the state of Arizona. With an abounding love for her home, Judy's artwork and videos mostly feature wildlife in its natural setting with accompanying landscapes and skyscapes as varied and unique as her stylistic expressions. She serves this inimitable beauty and hopes that her art inspires others in their own conservation efforts. Judy is also a versatile writer of creative nonfiction and a composer of music which can be heard in many of her videos. Her YouTube channel alone has well over 1100 subscribers. ...