Big Bend Dawn measures 18 by 24 inches and is painted in gouache on black heavyweight vellum texture multimedia paper. The composition presents a layered landscape of Big Bend, Texas, just after sunrise. In the foreground, textured vegetation is rendered in cool greens and blues with subtle earth tones that suggest scrub typical of the region. Golden-yellow hills dominate the midground, their cracked surfaces and defined edges highlighting the rugged geology. A solitary dark blue mountain peak rises in the distance, framed by a sky of broad, sweeping strokes in purple and gray that convey shifting early morning light and atmosphere. The contrast between cool foreground colors and warm midground tones, combined with bold brushwork, captures the landscape’s raw textures and natural vitality without romanticizing its aridity or complexity.