Prickly II

"Prickly II"
6" x 8"
Pastel on sanded paper

In the desert building of the Chicago Botanic Gardens are some nifty cacti. Well, for a midwestern gal, they're pretty impressive. And I'm privy to them in a greenhouse setting, not out in the wild where I'd LOVE to see them, photograph and study them. This was fun to do, as it was my own photo, but I'd love to see them growing naturally.  

My experience is that the magenta and orange pastels photograph much differently than the greens and yellows as seen on the cacti. The background is intense, but not quite the way it appears here. It is about four layers of my scribbly marks, not a solid mass at all.

Carol

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To Have and to Hold

"To Have and to Hold"
10" x 20"
Acrylic on wrapped canvas

Together at last, side by side, to have and to hold, from this day forward... and then what?  The Succulents have committed to a relationship of about twenty-five years... if watered, fed, bathed in sunshine and separated regularly.  Huh?  


This piece was not painted in the past week. It's been waiting in line to be posted though, as are a couple of others in queue.  As I've said before, I paint every day, but they aren't all masterful.

Thank you for stopping in to visit.  I appreciate it.
Carol

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