Charming Cactus

8x5.25 watercolor desert landscape on Moleskine paper done the first day of August using White Nights paints, painting wet on dry, with this realistic grouping of prickly pear cactus pods. The blooms are always interesting to see and to paint. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

West Texas Cactus

12x12 acrylics on wrapped canvas, a prickly pear cactus landscape of the rugged west Texas, a piece done Saturday during the class taught by Crystal Goodman of San Angelo, TX. (Ref courtesy of CG) COP0YRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Pricklies

8x8 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper sketched and painted today from prickly pear cactus just down the road.  This year the southwest native plants have bloomed profusely.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Cactus Confusion

4x5 alcohol inks on professional photo paper done yesterday, an abstract arrangement of complementary reds and greens that reminded me of cactus pods and blooms.  Those plants are blooming all over this west Texas area.  Canned air was used to create this abstract work.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.