From the mind’s eye of the desert to the dream itself.

Introducing The Joshua Tree Dream Series — large-scale originals by internationally collected artist @shanetownley, created inside his Joshua Tree desert studio.

Expansive, meditative, and bold — these works are made for collectors who love to fill space with energy and bring the desert dream home.

Now showing with Michaela at Boho Desert Studio in Yucca Valley. IG @bohodesertstudio | bohodesertstudio.com

Where the Desert First Spoke

In 2023, during a brief visit to Joshua Tree, internationally collected artist Shane Townley and his wife Yeslin witnessed the vast stillness of the desert’s light — the kind of light that changes everything. One night surrounded by stars, and one sunrise over the open horizon, was all it took. The high desert spoke — and they listened.

Inspired by those first sunsets and sunrises, Townley began the Sunset Series, a body of work capturing the raw transitions of desert light — the moment when day surrenders to night and color dissolves into silence.

What began as a spontaneous artistic response became a turning point: the couple soon chose Joshua Tree as their forever home and desert studio, expanding their creative life beyond New York and Laguna Beach.

Each piece in the Sunset Series radiates with that discovery — the realization that true inspiration often begins with stillness and sky.

Born in Southern California, artist Shane Townley has spent decades creating emotionally driven contemporary landscapes and mixed-media works inspired by the American desert, memory, and human connection. After years working in galleries from Laguna Beach to New York City, Townley returned to the High Desert where the vast openness of Joshua Tree became central to his artistic voice.

His work blends atmospheric color, texture, abstraction, and storytelling, often exploring themes of isolation, hope, nostalgia, and the changing modern world. Alongside his studio practice, Townley is deeply involved in supporting local arts culture through exhibitions, community events, and creative collaborations in Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley. His artwork has been collected nationally and featured in galleries, museums, and cultural spaces throughout California and beyond.