Prickly pear cacti with pale yellow-green paddles grow thick in the foreground, their dark spines casting sharp shadows across sun-bleached soil. Behind them stretches an expansive desert plain under a soft blue sky dotted with white clouds, with distant mountains hazy along the horizon. Crafted from durable canvas-like poly-poplin and made to order, double-stitched with a cotton webbing strap. The everyday haul, from groceries to the beach, carrying an independent artist's work.