I owe the completion of this piece to the artists on EBSQ who encouraged me to continue on with it even though I felt like quitting :) It's amazing what a word or two of encouragement can accomplish in life, isn't it? This has turned out to be my favorite acrylic painting.

This painting is taken from one of my photos of our prickly pear cactus that is growing in Michigan. Old Prickly flattens out and goes dormant in the winter and comes to life and blooms in the summer. It's fun to grow something that doesn't look like it belongs in our northern climate. The petals are amazing - they are paper thin and translucent, very beautiful. Plants are incredible beings, aren't they.

This painting was a labor of love that took many hours to complete. This will be for sale on Ebay in the fall, or contact me for prints or to purchase original. I will post the Ebay number on my Live Journal anniefancy.

Acrylic on canvas - sold framed or unframed