Woolly Daisy Lion Canvas Print

When the Sonoran Desert of Arizona has had a lot of winter rain, a variety of tiny daisies appear in the spring. The Woolly Daisy (Eriophyllum lanosum) comes in white and yellow. Their stems are soft, fuzzy, and crinkle up like wool, and so that’s probably where they got the name, Anyway, the white gets good contrast up against the beiges and browns of the Sonoran Desert sands and rocks. This is a digital manipulation of a photograph of three of them. I just thought it looked like a lion’s face - that’s all. Step back and look at it. What do you see?

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. ...