"This painting was practically constructed right outside my window. It's a painting of the desert where I live. The prickly-pear cactus, bunch grass and sand take on the long shadows of the early morning and evening - active times of the day for most desert animals. The black-tailed jack rabbits and red-tailed hawks are common sights. This is a painting of intense drama. I felt it would be even more intense by not actually showing the hawk, but rather only showing its shadow flowing over the ground and the running rabbit." - Bev Doolittle