Doron Rosenthal, a Southern Californian, has been inspired by the desert landscape from a young age. Born in Arcadia in 1959, he spent summers traveling from Los Angeles to Nogales, Mexico, where he visited his grandparents. The beauty and purity of the desert moved him in a deep and lasting way that continues to sculpt and shape his work to this day.He first began working in stone in 1979 in Santa Barbara, and moved to San Diego to be closer to the source of stone, the Anza-Borrego desert. His first show at the Natalie Bush Gallery was nationally covered by Art Week and inspired him to continue.