One Woman Show, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

October 4 – December 7, 2025

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Botanical artist Dyana Hesson loves a good adventure. “I simply can’t get enough of Arizona; its sun on my face, its dirt under my feet, its colors on my pallet. The Grand Canyon state has been generous with inspiration for my many years as an artist, and I’m just getting started. There’s always more to explore around the next bend.”

Driven by curiosity and discovery, Hesson is on a mission to paint every wild Arizona plant she can find. Beyond the attention-grabbing prickly pear and saguaro, she also loves painting the little plants and blooms found in Arizona’s backcountry. Placing her subjects in the landscape helps her collectors feel the moment of discovery, and thus enter into the adventure.

Hesson’s desire is to exhibit some of Arizona’s most unique plants and blooms from every corner of our great state, and to compel her audience to care for the natural world. “It’s an epic story I want to tell, and I’m excited to tell it. If you want to really understand the wild west, study the wildflowers.”

Wild Arizona will celebrate her thirty-five years as a painter, unveiling the largest collection of her works seen publicly in years. Highly collected, Hesson’s show will feature works from private collections, but also unveil several available works which her public highly anticipates.

The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum’s Ironwood Gallery will host Dyana’s exhibit reception on October 4th, 2025 from 2:00-4:00 PM. At 1:00 PM Hesson will deliver her talk, Wild at Art, sharing her creative process through stories, photos and videos. The one-hour talk will be followed by time for questions and a “The Art of Wildflowers” book signing in the museum.

Hesson is represented by Bonner David Galleries, Scottdale, Manitou Galleries, Santa Fe, and Madaras Gallery, Tucson. See more work at DyanaHesson.com.

About the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum:

The Art Institute at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum offers art education, exhibitions, and stewardship of the museum’s collection to promote conservation of the Sonoran Desert. Founded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre nonprofit institution in Tucson, AZ, integrating a zoo, botanical garden, art institute, and natural history museum. For information about this exhibition, visit https://www.desertmuseumarts.com/exhibits-1/dyana-hesson  or call 520-883-3024.

Read Dyana’s feature in American Art Collector magazine, January 2025: