Watercolor Sphinx in the Badlands

A colossal sphinx carved into sun-bleached badlands rock, standing among wind-carved hoodoos and layered sandstone. The sphinx has a lion’s powerful body and a serene human face. Painted in watercolor, with soft washes, flowing edges, and gentle pigment bleeds. Warm late-afternoon light casts long shadows, enriching ochre, terracotta, peach, and lavender tones. Distant mesas fade with atmospheric haze; textures of sandstone, lichen, and dust rendered with loose, painterly brushwork.