November 2026 exhibition, ERODE, brings together textured mixed-media works on wood panels that evoke weathered landscapes and surfaces transformed by time. Through layers, fractures, and worn textures, the series reflects on the fragility of our environment and the beauty that emerges through change. 12-5pm daily & by APPOINTMENT | RECEPTION NOV 21 2026 (6-9PM) info@bohodesertstudio.com

56131 Twentynine Palms Hwy, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. 

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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 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.