This is third version of a series taken near a famous chapel in Arizona, just outside of Sedona.

While the previous two were in a grid this one connects most of the elements in a way to make transitions more acceptable to the eye.

For the sky it becomes untenable to hide the differences unless you create something to diguise the areas of transitions, like clouds.

I've done this many times. Also, assuming the horizon line between earth and sky is uncluttered, you can either 'draw' a sky in with

photoshop tools or import a new sky. For this one I attempted something different. What I call a Feininger sky. Let me give you a page

on Pinterest to look his paintings up on, if you care to: Paintings on Pinterest by Lyonel Feininger.

He did those cubist-lite painting that caught on in Europe and the US in the twenties and thirties. The skies in particular

have stuck in my mind. Those faceted areas that continue lines created by buildings or boats seem to take the intellectual struggle out of cubism

and replace it with an attractive stylistic gimmic. Yes, I'm dismissive of it in terms of the sweat and tears avoided for a real solution

to rendering objects in space in an independant fashion but I also respect the neatness and the gall . Sail boats. Churches. The city and night.

Standard scenes with a soupçon  of modernity and daring. Pretty much what I'm doing here. There is no real logic or purpose to it other than

impersonating a recognizable art technique to avoid hours of toil for dubious effect.

One thing I noticed while in Sedona was there were several shops dedicated to new age and alternative culture. It seems that there are

those that consider the place a center for spirtual energy. I guess there are those who might see this version of the scene in a different way

to those of us who are less spiritually inclined.