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Tumamoc Sketchbook

Art & Science on Tumamoc Hill, Tucson's sacred mountain.

May 30, 2012

Tumamoc’s First Gigapan

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Plein air watercolor painting by Barb Terkanian
May 28, 2012

Saturday watercolor

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Solar eclipse from Tumamoc Hill, Sunday, May 20, 2012
May 22, 2012May 27, 2012

Solar Eclipse

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Old Desert Lab door and window reflect the hill.
May 9, 2012June 10, 2012

The Patio Garden

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rainstorm over Tucson
May 8, 2012

Seeing

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April plant calendar
April 30, 2012May 11, 2012

Yellow Moon

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saguaro buds
April 26, 2012May 8, 2012

The Daily Saguaro Flower

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April 24, 2012April 26, 2012

Sketching. Yes, Again.

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April 12, 2012

Ocotillo Bloom

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April 12, 2012

Desert Laboratory Series

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Drawing with pastels on the Desert Lab grounds
April 3, 2012

En Plein Air

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March 15, 2012

Science Picture Books: Love Affair with the World

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Meredith plant sketchbook
March 3, 2012March 5, 2012

Botanical Sketching Saturday

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Looking Up
February 29, 2012March 2, 2012

Getting the feel of the Place

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Bill McGinnies' flowering calendar
February 14, 2012February 29, 2012

The Bill McGinnies Desert Flowering Calendar

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Gila monster-should I pet it?
February 1, 2012

Tumamoc Open House Part 2

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Shaman's stone spear point from the Tumamoc summit excavations
January 27, 2012January 28, 2012

First Tumamoc Open House

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January 17, 2012January 18, 2012

Tumamoc Open House

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Greenhouse Door, Meredith Milstead. 1-14-12
January 15, 2012January 18, 2012

New Study of Greenhouse Effect

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Saguaro sketch, Barbara Kerkanian
January 10, 2012January 18, 2012

Art and Science

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Rain in the greenhouse
December 29, 2011January 31, 2012

Greenhouse Effect

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Margaret Davis uses a Viewfinder as a landscape drawing aid. (photo by Meredith Milstead)
December 13, 2011December 21, 2011

Botanical Landscape Workshop

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Meredith drawing
December 11, 2011December 27, 2011

Drawing is Thinking

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fog on teh hill
December 8, 2011December 10, 2011

Weather Report

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December 4, 2011December 9, 2011

Drawing from Life

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Dead prickly pear
December 1, 2011

Ghost Plant

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Paul's sketchbook
November 29, 2011

Sketchers Outlet

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November 18, 2011

Whole Body Scans

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almost dead prickly pear pad
November 16, 2011December 1, 2011

Wanted: Dead and Alive

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November 13, 2011

Paul Martin Memorial

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Door knob: Desert Lab
November 9, 2011November 10, 2011

The Desert Laboratory Buildings

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brittlebush by Paul
October 31, 2011October 31, 2011

First Tumamoc Field-Sketching Session

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October 30, 2011October 30, 2011

Milstead’s Tumamoc Work on Exhibit

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rattlesnake pulse
October 24, 2011November 10, 2011

Rattlesnake Surgery

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ocotillos in fall color
October 14, 2011October 18, 2011

Is There Fall Color in the Desert?

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raindrops on my car windo.
September 29, 2011October 15, 2011

The Last Monsoon

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Meredith Milstead Tumamoc Journal 2
September 27, 2011October 15, 2011

Meredith Milstead’s Tumamoc Journal: Part 2

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September 8, 2011October 15, 2011

Meredith Milstead’s Tumamoc Journal: Part 1

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Tumamoc, a poem by Eric Magrane
September 6, 2011November 13, 2011

Tumamoc: The Poem

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palo verde nurse plant
August 26, 2011October 16, 2011

Nurse Plant

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rain clouds over the catalina mountains
August 23, 2011October 16, 2011

Weather: It’s Still Happening

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rain storm from tumamoc
August 19, 2011October 15, 2011

The Weather

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Saguaro flower stages, pastel by Meredith Milstead.
August 18, 2011April 27, 2020

Meredith Milstead’s Tumamoc Visit

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rock art panorama
July 29, 2011October 15, 2011

Let’s Get Vertical

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Heart in teh rock
July 27, 2011October 15, 2011

Heart of Stone

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palo verde
July 26, 2011October 5, 2011

Palo Verde Tryptich

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monsoon over tucson
July 19, 2011October 15, 2011

Yesterday’s Monsoon

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prickly pear fruit
July 15, 2011October 15, 2011

Rainy Moon

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degrading saguaro fruit
July 10, 2011October 15, 2011

Science or Art?

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Dinothrombium, the velvet mite that comes out after a monsoon rain.
July 6, 2011October 15, 2011

Nuptial Preditor

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view from summit of Tumamoc Hill
July 6, 2011October 15, 2011

“Ich bin ein Fu?g?nger”

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watercolor-fallen saguaro fruit
June 30, 2011October 15, 2011

Fruit from the Sky

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first sketchbook page
June 29, 2011October 15, 2011

Rear Window

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whole saguaro with flowers
June 29, 2011October 15, 2011

Saguaro Paradise

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camel and saguaros
June 28, 2011October 15, 2011

Sonoran Desert…Camels?

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dead saguaro
June 26, 2011February 14, 2012

Resting Saguaro

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rock artpetroglyph
June 26, 2011October 15, 2011

Rock Art

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June 25, 2011October 15, 2011

They Eat Them Thangs?

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spiny lizard on window
June 25, 2011October 15, 2011

First Visitor

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Hill of the Horned Lizard
June 21, 2011October 2, 2011

First entry. It’s June 21, the Summer solstice.

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This site is maintained by Paul Mirocha, Artist-in-Residence at the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, which is owned by the University of Arizona. On the Hill, a small group of artists and invited creatives of all kinds create projects and collaborate with scientists to expand understanding and appreciation of the beauty of the Sonoran Desert region.

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