Triple Threat Serenity Collection Watercolor on canvas - 40”

Watercolor on canvas - 40” x 20”

This is one of the reference photos I took while attending the Chelsea Garden Show in London

The architectural shapes and the way the shadows and light play on the leaves makes for unique visual interest

In the spring

although it must be peeled carefully – you certainly don’t want to ingest the spines

Triple Threat Serenity Collection Watercolor on canvas - 40”Watercolor on cradled board 36 x 36 No desert bloom has as dramatic a contrast as the prickly pear cactus. Each spring seems to be more abundant than the previous in terms of their flowers. This particular cactus had a triplet in three different stages of blooming which meant that the pad would make a showy display for much longer than those that bloom all at once.