+++++ What Thomas Kinkade said about this work +++++
" Desert Sunset is the first studio work of a desert vista I have ever painted for
publication. At this stage in my career, new subjects or new styles are cause for
celebration! The special challenge in painting the arid landscape of the desert is the
luminous quality of light, the radiance of color shimmering through the clear air.
Looking over the vastness of the desert at sunset I was constantly struck by how the
twinkling of the distant lights looked like a glittering necklace of diamonds and pearls
upon a velvet cloth. I've long admired the vast vistas, intense silences and almost
spiritual solitude of the desert. I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to celebrate
those qualities on canvas; I hope to return to them soon."
~~Thomas Kinkade
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