Blue Cactus
This is the second piece in the collection. Explore the first painting in the of Edible Botanicals here.
This time I'm tackling the humble Prickly Pear Cactus. Warning! I'm taking tremendous artistic license! I don't believe they come in blue nor in that ascending, amorphous shape --but maybe they do?
Surface Design Cactus art inspired from the Japanese wabi sabi philosophy.Armed now with two finished botanical prints to play with, I mocked them up to see what functional surface I could put them on that I would actually use.
Since I love food, and enjoy going to farmer's markets I thought a tote bag would be fun to prototype. The result was stunning and unique.
Maybe some day when I there's more time, I'll create more elements and artwork in that collection so it feels more complete.
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Public Announcement: This blog post is part of a collection of 354+ posts from my original Wordpress blog "Dreaming Into Being" library. I've now retired and migrated it to “Wander & Paint,” my new blog posts at the United Wanderlust art shop. As time allows, I will be reviewing, editing, condensing, updating and releasing a number of these blog posts but not all of them.
Some posts require more precision surgery than others. I'll also probably be publishing new posts as the muse wills it and father time allows. This whole process may take a while but I think these blog post serve as great documentation of my process and reminds me of certain milestones. So, most of them will be made available again- at some point.
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