Elephant Head Storm
by Jerry Bokowski
Title
Elephant Head Storm
Artist
Jerry Bokowski
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Shortly after leaving Tubac, Arizona (USA), I saw the sun lighting up a huge granite monolith called Elephant Head in the Santa Rita mountains. I would soon be immersed in that storm that transformed our dry sandy desert washes into raging flood waters.
So my trip home turned into somewhat of an adventure. In Arizona there is a "Stupid Motorist Law" that fines a person and bills them for rescue workers if they are needed to be summoned. I hoped that I would not be on the evening news for getting washed away on the flooding roads, After slow but steady patient driving, I finally made it home although there were several cars that had stalled.
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August 30th, 2015
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Janet Marie
Congratulations! Your artwork has been featured on the Homepage of the “Beauty Of Arizona” Art Group for the week of Friday, (06/26/20). You are welcome to submit your artwork in the Group's discussion thread “2020 Thanks and Features Archive April-June." Thank you for sharing your artwork and being a member of the group. like/fave
Jerry Bokowski replied:
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic promotion on all my work, Janet Marie!
Janet Marie
A great image of an exciting and eventful day. Amazing, how many times, the sun illuminates this famous landmark, Elephant Head. I guess this summit rising almost 2000 feet, says why it catches the light just right. Everything is so green from all the monsoon rains. LF 💕💕💕💕
Jerry Bokowski replied:
This peak can be seen for 50-70 miles away, Janet. It is aptly named as it does resemble a pachyderm’s head, ears, and trunk depending on which angle you view it. Thank you so much as always, dearest one!
Thomas Pollart
man, i can really feel that storm blowing in, the title tells it all, this whole site is full of awesome prints and art works, very nice Jerry !!!
Julie Adair
Great capture and story to go with it. Glad you and your car made it out. Beautiful image that will surely make a beautiful painting.
Jerry Bokowski replied:
Julie, Thank you so much. I really appreciate your visit and you taking time to comment!
Maya Bukhina
Lovely image !
Jerry Bokowski replied:
Maya, Thank you very much. I hope to do a painting of this area in the near future!
Deb Halloran
Jerry, What a beautiful image and I can relate to your description. The Arizona weather can be challenging at times:-)) Have a great day...nicely done. v/f
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