The Southern California Apple Valley has no apples that I'm aware of, it's fairly arid but still filled with rich colors.

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Priest Valley at Sunset, Central California.

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These are studies of the work of Edgar Payne that I did many years ago. I've done a great many of these types of studies over the years and am a much better artist for it. They are about 3"x4" and done in acrylics on crescent cold press illustration board.