"Blush"
Oil on Canvas board
5 x 7
(c)2011 NL Matus
The gorgeous shades of pink, salmon, and magenta just glowed in these cactus blossoms, and I couldn't wait to try my hand at painting them. I worked with a larger brush than I am used to, and painted this in one sitting. My goal was to capture the first impressions I had of these flowers, and not to get hung up in the background, but to suggest the prickly setting they were in. Once again, I worked in alkyds, and find that these are a good form of oils to use in the field. They were starting to 'set up' by the time I packed up to head home, and this was pretty much dry the next day.
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