Arizona. Arizona is often portrayed through its distinctive desert landscapes, including the iconic red rock formations, wide open spaces, and striking features like the Grand Canyon.
   Artists have captured the state’s vast, arid environments, with its cacti, mesas, and distant mountain ranges under expansive skies. Early 20th-century painters, such as members of the Taos and Santa Fe art colonies, frequently depicted Arizona’s rugged beauty in a way that emphasized its isolation and raw natural forms.
   Many Southwestern painters, including Maynard Dixon, used bold colors and simplified shapes to convey the stark beauty and dramatic light of Arizona’s deserts and canyons, while contemporary artists continue to explore its cultural and natural heritage through various styles and mediums. Arizona is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
   Its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest and California to the west. It also shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest.
   It is the 6th-largest and the 14th-most-populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, which is the most populous state capital in the United States. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to b
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