Thursday, August 12, 2010

Bloomin'


watercolor on paper 14x12 inches
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I had a wonderful time demonstrating for Santa Ana Ebell Society today, a welcoming and interested group, some of whom stayed on way past time to see me finish. Thanks, ladies! The format is a larger version of a previous painting in the hopes that everyone could see, but to finish I had to paint much faster than usual! A cactus in bloom always interests me--tough and prickly yet with such beautiful flowers. Two of my favorite color pairs are here also: pink with orange, and yellow-green with red-violet. Yummy combos!


5 comments:

  1. Something that a prickly cactus can be portrayed as a thing of delicate beauty.
    Nice Karen!

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  2. I love your palette and the softness of the watercolor. Beautiful work!!

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  3. This is wonderful...love the colors too!
    Cynthia Schelzig

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  4. This is one of the most beautiful prickly pear paintings I've ever seen. You are right about those yummy color combos. They have always been some of my favorites too. I would have loved to see your demo.

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  5. Thank you, fellow women bloggers! You know how they say pears in art represent females??? Well for me, I think it's cactus! We can be beautiful at times, prickly perhaps, and are tougher than we look!

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