Mission Wall Cactus

9x7 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook paper (Master's Touch) done last week from mission photos I took in Tucson years ago at San Xavier Del Bac. Accidentally I fell into one of these patches of cactus spikes and thorns while there. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Bells of San Xavier

15x11 acrylics on 140 lb cold press wc paper done last month using one of my photos of the old mission south of Tucson, AZ. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Bells of San Xavier

15x11 watercolor on 140 lb Canson cold press paper done day before yesterday from one of my San Xavier del Bac mission photos located in Tucson, AZ.  Years ago these three bells were painted but in a horizontal format.  Only three colors used for a limited palette of quinacridone gold, ultramarine blue, and alizarin crimson.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

San Xavier mission

22x15 watercolor done some years ago of San Xavier del Bac, a mission located south of Tucson.  We visited this historic Catholic compound on one of our trips to Arizona.  The rose garden was not in my photo but added it for some color interest.  My favorite part is the scrolled wrought iron gate and the sunlight hitting its bell tower.  This work is SOLD.
Image is COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.