"An Arizona Sunset, Mesa del Sol" Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 x 0.5 inches "An Arizona Sunset, Mesa del Sol" captures the radiant heat and saturated splendor of the Sonoran Desert at golden hour. Executed in Michael James’s distinctive Chromatic Stylized Realism, this 18 x 24-inch acrylic landscape radiates intensity through hot chromium reds that shape the cliffs, mesas, and distant ridges, contrasted by brilliant golds, yellows, and burnt oranges. The sky, alive with bold strokes of aqua blue-green, plays against the terrain with electric harmony, offering not a literal transcription, but an emotional rendering of light, color, and place. The exaggerated palette, characteristic of James’s chromatic philosophy, heightens the psychological impact of the scene, transforming it into a kind of desert sublime. This painting is less a depiction of a geographic moment and more a visual poem, suspended between realism and abstraction, where color does the storytelling and form bows to atmosphere. "An Arizona Sunset, Mesa del Sol" stands as a bold and luminous homage to the American Southwest and the artist's time working in Arizona.

Name Of Artist (So You Are Searchable!)

Michael James

Exact Dimensions

18" x 24" x .5

Year Created

2024

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Signed with Sky Blue glow in the dark paint by Michael James

Materials

Acrylic on Canvas