Dad always viewed Arizona as a fickle mistress, always in the midst of a costume change. She gives and takes away with equal frequency, but the end result is usually breathtaking to behold.

The featured landscape scene is a study in that puzzling dichotomy, as witnessed by new growth next to fallen trees and verdant foliage jutting out of otherwise spare terrain. Clouds hovering overhead and the mountains jutting conspicuously in the background were trademark elements in his visual quest to record Arizona as it existed during his lifetime.

Although the actual location is unknown, the tree stumps suggest that it may have been taken in Pinal County, Arizona, since Ironwood trees were commonly used to make coke to use in the copper smelters.
- Michael Goldwater