ideas & inspiration THE ERIN HANSON GALLERY With the opening of her new Main Street gallery, Erin Hanson brings her unique style of " Open Impressionism " to Scottsdale. Hanson uses a lavish color palette to capture the desert's abstract shapes, bold hues and strong compositional elements in works like " Saguaro Sky, " shown on this guide's cover. " I love painting views of saguaros and sunset buttes through the lens of contemporary impressionism, " said Hanson. The Erin Hanson Gallery is open daily and serves wine and refreshments during the Thursday-evening ArtWalk. HOT AIR EXPEDITIONS Hot Air Expeditions was founded in 1991 by Margie Long, who was so inspired by her first hot-air balloon flight that she started her own operation. When Margie passed away, her daughters Amanda and Stephanie Long continued the family legacy and have taken Hot Air Expeditions to new heights, making it one of the largest-capacity hot-air balloon ride operators in the country. ExperienceScottsdale.com 47https://www.erinhanson.com/ https://hotairexpeditions.com/ http://www.ExperienceScottsdale.com