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Roland's Menagerie

@rolandsmenagerie.bsky.social

Title: "Danse Macabre"

It's hard to describe the unreal feeling I get in deserts with their barren vastness...

#art #artist #notai #surrealart #digitalart #blueskyartshow #dreamscape #weirdart #artsky #desertart

November 7, 2026 at 1:33 AM

Free AI-Image Creation Prompts Daily

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🫶4:5 portrait, painterly night: a blooming prickly pear cactus under the Milky Way in a quiet desert, deep blue starry sky, glowing horizon, rich color and detail, magical mood #AIArt #DigitalArt #NightSky #DesertArt #MilkyWay #Cactus #ArizonaSky #PricklyPearCactus #DesertNightSky #DennisJSmith

October 29, 2026 at 7:42 PM

Free AI-Image Creation Prompts Daily

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4:5 portrait, photorealistic: a single Joshua tree centered in rocky desert, bright blue sky, yellow wildflowers at its base, sharp natural light, vivid color, ultra-detailed #AIArt #DigitalArt #DesertArt #NaturePhotography #DesertSouthwest #JoshuaTree

October 26, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Roland's Menagerie

@rolandsmenagerie.bsky.social

Title: "The Hunt of Balance"

Recreation of earlier piece for high resolution at a larger size. Both times I have recreated an earlier piece I love how it turned out.

#art #artist #notai #surrealart #digitalart #blueskyartshow #desertart #dreamscape #gyroscope

October 21, 2026 at 12:25 AM

1820 Press

@1820press.bsky.social

**Desert Art 🐪**

Two travelers, a few patient camels,

and a desert that forgot it was supposed to be empty.

Poppies to the knee,

a crescent moon to light the way home.

#DesertArt #AIart

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October 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM

Roland's Menagerie

@rolandsmenagerie.bsky.social

Title: "Tranquility"

In the tranquility of my dreams I see the ruins of my ages past.

Recreation of earlier piece for high resolution at a larger size.

#art #artist #notai #surrealart #digitalart #blueskyartshow #desertart #dreamscape #ruins

October 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM

Roland's Menagerie

@rolandsmenagerie.bsky.social

Title: "The Blessing"

#art #artist #notai #surrealart #digitalart #blueskyartshow #weirdart #hurricane #dunes #desertart #desertlandscape #dreamscape

October 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM

Roland's Menagerie

@rolandsmenagerie.bsky.social

The Temple Of Ishtar

Neo-digitalsurrealism

#art #artist #notai #surrealism #surrealist #surrealistart #modernart #dreamscape #digitalart #desertart #desertlandscape #blueskyartshow #weirdart #Ishtar

September 25, 2026 at 1:01 AM

Roland's Menagerie

@rolandsmenagerie.bsky.social

I daydream, I let my mind wander.
Love, I'm fond of a ponder.
I wrestle with lies, with truth in disguise
Then I look in your eyes and I sonder.

#art #artist #notai #surrealism #surrealist #surrealistart #modernart #dreamscape #digitalart #desertart #daydream #blueskypoetry #limerick

September 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM

Janis Commentz

@janiscommentz.bsky.social

Join us for the Opening Reception @spaghettiwesternmorongovalley Sunday, September 27th 5 to 7pm! Come for the art - stay for the food! Ten local artists! Desert Art Dialog #desertart #joshuatreeart #desertartdialog #contemporaryart

September 14, 2026 at 2:52 AM

Roland's Menagerie

@rolandsmenagerie.bsky.social

The Caravan

When inspiration strikes, I capture it and alchemize it in my process. I simply serve the idea.

#art #artist #notai #surrealism #surrealist #surrealistart #modernart #dreamscape #digitalart #caravan #desertart #desertlandscape #blueskyartshow #weirdart

September 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

#Sept26Challenge
Thistle Among the Bones
Life takes root where the land remembers death.
#DesertSurrealism #CattleBones #Thistle #SurrealArt #DesertArt #AIart #AIchallenge #aiartcommunity #aiartist #GenAI #GenerativeArt #SynthArt #BuilderofNightmares

A surreal desert landscape centers on the enormous bleached skull of a horned animal resting among an equally oversized scatter of pale ribs, vertebrae, and other skeletal remains. The skull leans diagonally toward the lower left, its long muzzle nearly touching the cracked, sun-baked earth. Behind it, towering curved ribs rise like the remains of a strange bone cathedral, framing the scene against a muted blue-green sky. From the top of the skull grows a tall, twisting thistle. Its reddish-orange stem bends organically upward before opening into a dense, fiery flower whose narrow petals flare in every direction. Smaller red growths appear along the skull and near its base, suggesting vegetation slowly colonizing the bones. Dark blue-green, smoke-like tendrils drift through the right side of the skeleton, curling around the ribs and partially obscuring the skull. Warm beige and ivory dominate the bones and desert, contrasted by the saturated red-orange flower and deep teal shadows. The distant horizon is nearly empty except for low, eroded formations, emphasizing the isolation and monumental scale of the remains.

Keywords: cattle skull, bleached bones, thistle, desert, skeleton, cracked earth, ribs, surrealism, red flower, teal smoke, arid landscape, decay

AI-generated; use is permitted for non-commercial creative projects. MidJourney, FLUX.1-schnell model via Perchance, Artspace.ai, REVE, Echoform™.

September 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM

Robot Impurity Photography

@robotimpurity.com

Point out the Peaks

📍California (2026)

#desertArt #rockart #photography #desert #mojave #ruralexploration

A triangular rock formation in the foreground of a desert landscape with mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.

September 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM

Chloe Allred

@chloeallred.bsky.social

Purple mountains and golden hills in Joshua Tree. Mini gouache painting for lovers of the Mojave desert.

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#gouache#desertart

Gouache painting of a scene in Joshua tree

September 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM

Chloe Allred

@chloeallred.bsky.social

Current obsession ✨: capturing the Mojave desert in bloom through watercolor and drypoint intaglio etchings. I want to counter the idea that the desert is barren. I loved the dancing and contrasting shapes in this Joshua Tree bloom. #art #desertart #printmaking #watercolor #joshuatree

Drypoint intaglio print with added watercolor of a Joshua tree in bloom.

September 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM

Chloe Allred

@chloeallred.bsky.social

Watercolor on top of my drypoint intaglio of Prickly Pear Blooms with Joshua Trees in the distance. I felt really happy with the colors after a few layers of watercolor. #art #printmaking #etching #watercolor #desertart

Etching of a prickly pear in bloom with a desert landscape behind it. The print has watercolor applied to it.

Etching of a prickly pear in bloom with a desert landscape behind it. The print has watercolor applied to it. The photo shows the print in front of a desert garden

September 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM

Roland's Menagerie

@rolandsmenagerie.bsky.social

In the tranquility of dreams I see the ruins of my ages past.

#art #artist #notai #surrealism #surrealist #surrealistart #modernart #dreamscape #dunes #desertart #desertlandscape #poetry

August 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM

Graeme Somerville

@photochaser.bsky.social

Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley—wind and time carve beautiful patterns in the sand. Shot - August 25, 2017 at 6:37 PM

#DeathValley #MesquiteDunes #DesertArt #BlackAndWhite #landscape #NaturePhotography #SandDunes #landscapephotography

November 24, 2024 at 12:39 PM

Mark Rogers

@markrogersart.bsky.social

🏜️👽NEW PAINTINGS AVAILABLE: "Cactus Face" and "Saucer Over A-frame" both 11x14 Oil On Panel 2026.

#cactusgarden #popsurrealism #scifiart #alienart #narrativeart #westernart #spookyart #desertart

February 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM

Mark Rogers

@markrogersart.bsky.social

⁣⁣⁣🦉Master Ornithologist, Quinton Ainsworth, was on a solo weekend expedition researching desert birds when he met two beings in the twilight hours....⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣🦉On his way home, he caught a mouse with his talons and ate it.

#owls #scifiart #desertart #creepyart #spookyart #alienart #oilpainting

October 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Mark Rogers

@markrogersart.bsky.social

🔶10 TIPS ON HOW TO FORM AN ENERGY PRISM AROUND YOUR BODY
Here are a few great tips to get you started:

1. Meditate every day, all day
2. Make sure your brain is full of juicy brain blood
.....read the rest on my blog: www.markrogersart.com/blog

#popsurrealism #energywork #desertart