cactus – paintandsimple

Posted on October 8, 2020September 27, 2020 by paintandsimple

New Life

5″x7″ original pastel on sanded paper

This is one of my favorite things to find in nature. A blooming cholla next to a cholla skeleton. Life and death. Also: the magenta of a cholla bloom in the desert will take your breath away.

💕 Please enjoy a celebration of pink paintings this month, in honor of breast cancer awareness. I paint for my friends and family who have fought the good fight against cancer, for their families, and for all caregivers who help along with the journey toward a healthy self (body, soul, and spirit). In my strokes of pink, are prayers of strength and healing.

Posted on October 24, 2018October 30, 2018 by paintandsimple

Bloom If You Can

“Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don’t have to sit on it.”

-Joyce Meyer

Please enjoy a celebration of pink paintings this month, in honor of breast cancer awareness. I paint for my friends and family who have fought the good fight against cancer, for their families, and for all caregivers who help along with the journey toward a healthy self (body, soul, and spirit). In my strokes of pink, are prayers of strength and healing.

Posted on October 20, 2018October 19, 2018 by paintandsimple · 2 Comments

Five Sisters

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Posted on October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 by paintandsimple

Blushing Cactus (finished)

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

I decided to spend a few more minutes on this study. Spines are my favorite part of a cactus, so I wanted to add them. This photo was taken in lousy light, the light value of the background is a beautiful blush. It photographed almost white today.

Posted on January 13, 2015 by paintandsimple

Last Light Texas, Hill Country

10″x8″ oil on canvas panel

It was fun to use a few brushstrokes of light and dark to hint at the prickly pears that were quickly fading into the hills.

Posted on July 31, 2014July 30, 2014 by paintandsimple · 8 Comments

Prickly

I spent the afternoon picking cactus spines out of my daughters foot and backside, I was struck how much her foot looked like a porcupine, and how beautiful the cactus spines were. They were long, fading: brown to orange to yellow. She is tough and brave, no complaints on her part, she knows the risk of playing barefoot. I was grateful it was a cactus and not a rattle snake.