"The original inspiration for this painting is an Indian reservation at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains in Palm Springs, California. It is a way to escape the modern world in these canyons and find eveidence of a people who lived with nature in a harmonious way. I was completely intrigued with the idea of creating a painting that visually flowed from left to right and was linked to a written poem that would run directly under it . . . words and pictures, simultaneously telling a story. "