Fifteen desert artists are showing work in the new “Desert Storms” show at the Twentynine Palms Visitor Center and Chamber of Commerce. The exhibit will be on display through Feb. 29 and is open seven days a week, sponsored by the Public Arts Advisory Committee of the City of Twentynine Palms. Featured in the show are more than two dozen paintings representing various moods of desert storms in oil, acrylic, watercolor, encaustic and mixed media by artists Robert Arnett, Allen Robison Barter, Lore Bergey, Marlana Brown, Chuck Caplinger, Ida Foreman, Audrey Gillick, Christine Hanson, and Esther Shaw. Photography of desert storms, from a blinding sandstorm to dramatic lightning strikes in the desert night sky, has been captured and submitted by photographers Mike Fagan, Dennis Hotelich, Julianne Koza, Jeremy Long, Pat R. Murphy, and Tami Roleff. The Twentynine Palms Visitor Center & Gallery and Chamber office is located at 73484 Hwy 62. For more information, call 760-367-6197 or visit www.visit29.org.
