Storm on the Desert
Book Review:
It is quiet in the desert tonight, coyote yawns as a sliver of moon
appears in the sky. Other desert creatures go about their business in
the warm air. Slowly the sky turns dark the hot air thickens with the
smell of creosote. Then the rain starts, lightly at first, building
to a final crescendo. A cacophony of sound fills the sky with fury,
lightening crashing above the earth. Desert animals scatter for shelter
under a torrential down pour. The rain ends with a rainbow promise,
painting the desert with rich color bathed in sweet clean smells. Auroras
filled with rain subside into delicate rivulets. Once again coyote yawns
as the evening star appears.
The poetic narrative of Carolyn Rand comes into vivid focus under the
talented hand of Ted Rand. His pencil sketches enhanced by pastel and
watercolor create vivid images of desert creatures streaking across
the page like shadows through the raging storm. Rand uses muted colors
of gray/blue and black streaked with white to bring the storm to life.
Colors of the rainbow create the blossoms and desert animal life, drawn
large in the foreground ending the storm, inviting the viewer in.
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