Arizona Illustrated

Barbara Rogers Barbara Rogers is a force of nature, a loving mother and a prolific artist living in Tucson. Her work explores the ideas of paradise, life, destruction vulnerability and beauty. Barbara paints because the act of painting is direct. For her painting is just another truth. She makes paintings to transcend daily life. Her paintings evoke the sublime and reaffirm the existence of beauty. She hopes her paintings remind us the critical importance of cherishing the earth. She explores ideas of paradise, life, destruction, vulnerability and beauty via abstraction in her work. Barbara has exhibited nationally and internationally. She had over 42 solo exhibitions in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Scottsdale, Germany, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. Her work is in public and private collections in The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Crocker Museum, The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, The Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona State University Museum of Art, The Oakland Museum of Art, and The San Jose Museum of Art. Arizona Cuisine (Junipine Lodge) Chefs Brett Vibber and Jaren Bates have cooked together for nearly two decades at some of the finest restaurants in Arizona. Now they are both head chefs at The Table, a restaurant in Oak Creek near Sedona. Through daily foraging for wild ingredients, and incorporating Indigenous foods, methods and farmers, they are attempting to redefine Arizona cuisine. Harold Born in 1919, Harold Wood has seen a lot of things. At 103 years old he’s still as sharp as ever. He remembers everything from the Great Depression, serving in the Royal Canadian Airforce during WW2, to his long career at Southern California Edison. We sat with him to take a trip down his long memory lane to visit some of the highlights of his life. Working in Mental Health with Felicia Jaimez We meet Felicia Jaimez, who specializes in behavioral cognitive therapy. She has learned that to best serve her Pascua Yaqui community is through honoring her roots by melding indigenous cultural practices with western approaches to therapy. Field Notes: Volcanoes In the latest installment of the Field Notes series we head to Flagstaff. From the highest point in Arizona to deep underground, Arizona Illustrated producer David Fenster visits landscapes transformed by volcanoes.