Only on Sunny Days - Parry’s Gentian, West Baldy Trail, AZ RECENTLY SOLD
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Only on Sunny Days – Parry’s Gentian, West Baldy Trail, AZ RECENTLY SOLD

$12,800.00

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Only on Sunny Days
Parry’s Gentian, West Baldy Trail, AZ
Bloomed 8-25-24
Oil on Canvas 40 in. x 40 in., 2025

12,800
I stalked this plant in the White Mountains of Arizona for many summers. I rarely saw it, and when I did the plentiful clusters of bright blue buds would be tightly closed.
Dang it.

Next year, same thing. And the next, and the next. This plant’s flowers only open fully when there is plenty of sun, and I was only seeing these beauties under cloudy conditions. Then in the summer of 2024, after a long day of hiking various trails in and out of pouring rain, the sun finally came out just before sunset. My friend and I pulled over to walk the West Baldy trail for a bit, and the beautifully saturated and sun-soaked forest yielded several gentian plants; all of them were fully open.

What a delight to finally see what had been concealed from me for so long. It felt like a friend finally telling me her deepest secret. Such a magnificent shade of blue, and so worth the wait. Your secret is safe with me.