Historical Tubac
An Artist’s Colony in the Heart of the Desert
Historical Tubac, Arizona, about an hour south of Tucson, on the way to Nogales, Mexico, captivates the eye with color. This little town breathes in the arid desert air and exhales artistry uniquely blended from two regions, Mexico and Arizona.
As a kid, transplanted from Upstate New York to Tucson at the age of eleven, I, at first, longed for the forests and the wild places of the Northern United States. Raised amongst apple trees and wild raspberries, I was used to roaming in the woods and running free.
When my father, a philosophy professor, took a position at the University of Arizona, I thought I would die either from the heat, from the deadly thorns of the jumping cholla or the myriad other cacti, or the venom of a scorpion or tarantula.
But, I soon learned that tarantulas are harmless, even friendly. And cacti, bathed in the late afternoon sun, glow with a golden aura. And, there is nothing that can compare to the vastness of the desert sky vaulting from the Rincon to the Catalina Mountains.
The longer I lived in Tucson, the more I began to…
