Description

Truly Blue

Arizona Blue Eyes, Mazatzal Mountains, AZ

Bloomed 4-17-25 2:15 PM

Oil on Canvas 30 in. x 10 in., 2025

 

It always amazes me how the complexities of each season produce different results in wild plant life. On a leisurely hike with plant-loving friends last spring, I noticed dwarf morning glories here and there near the creek. Such a lovely shade of blue on a seemingly delicate plant.

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center says of this plant, “In the arid parts of the Southwest, truly blue flowers are uncommon; this flower, often as blue as those of true flax (Linum), is the prettiest of its genus in the whole region.”

Pretty indeed; hello there, blue eyes!