Texas Rose Painting

This painting is about as "Texas" as you can get. I was born and raised in Texas. I live out in the country near Abilene, Texas. I live on a dirt road that, in the spring, turns into an explosion of color from the cactus blooms, gourd blooms, and other wildflowers and foliage. I was on my way into town one morning when I noticed this cascade of cactus and blooms on the roadside. The bar ditch on our road is built up so that it rises a couple of feet above the level of the road. This allows the native plants to cascade down to the level of the road. The field in the background, the fence post, the barbed wire, and the cactus with blooms made a striking presentation. I knew I wanted to paint it. The value changes in the greens of the cactus pop against the red-black underpainting that shows through in the shadows. I hope the painting gives the viewer a sense of what it is like to drive down a dirt road near Abilene, Texas in the spring. The original painting has been sold. It is being offered here as a print. The original was done in acrylic on stretched canvas in September, 2016. The original was signed. Note: To be grammatically correct, I probably should have said cacti in a place or two above. We almost never use that word. It is all commonly referred to here as cactus (unless you are doing a project for a science class).

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:16 W x 20 H x 0.1 D in

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