Desert Blooms in Spring
Author: Maren Waddill
It's to bad that so many of the winter desert visitors leave for home just when the weather is turning toasty warm. It is also the time of the year when the desert is coming into full bloom with spectacular color! Spring in the desert does vary from year to year depending on when the last rain storm occurred and the amount of rain that actually fell. This is the time of year that I get out my camera to take pictures. I'm out looking for inspiration for my art.
For an artist the cactus blossoms are a thrill and a challenge to paint. The colors are so vivid and some of them seem bigger than life. Most Cacti blossoms last only for one day, some bloom only at night, and some cacti may produce new blossoms each day for several weeks.
Around Yuma, in some areas, the desert floor is covered with lavender wild flowers, where they come from I don't know, since seemingly there wasn't anything there before. Then the primroses prop up their beautiful white heads fluttering in the desert breeze. Throughout the desert gray-green bushes display their golden yellow flowers. The Ocotillo cactus, which during the summer, fall and early winter look like dead sticks, come to life with dark green leaves and scarlet flowers at the end of each arm. Toward the end of spring the giant Saguaros flower, with lots of white blossoms. The large Prickly Pear Cacti in my yard has dozens of reddish buds which turn orange as they open up, and finally turn into a vivid yellow by the end of the day.
I and my camera are kept busy at this time of the year and it is hard to decide what to paint first. I take pictures in the morning as I go to the mail box to pick up mail, at noon, and then again in the evening as the sun is setting. Arizona sunsets are spectacular here in the Yuma Desert changing the Gila Mountain to colors of grays and tans, to gold and orange, and even purple.
I invite you to visit my website at Maren's Creations to view, enjoy and purchase my paintings of cactus and Arizona Desert Scenes. For questions or comments concerning this article please contact me at marenscreations@gmail.com.
For an artist the cactus blossoms are a thrill and a challenge to paint. The colors are so vivid and some of them seem bigger than life. Most Cacti blossoms last only for one day, some bloom only at night, and some cacti may produce new blossoms each day for several weeks.
Around Yuma, in some areas, the desert floor is covered with lavender wild flowers, where they come from I don't know, since seemingly there wasn't anything there before. Then the primroses prop up their beautiful white heads fluttering in the desert breeze. Throughout the desert gray-green bushes display their golden yellow flowers. The Ocotillo cactus, which during the summer, fall and early winter look like dead sticks, come to life with dark green leaves and scarlet flowers at the end of each arm. Toward the end of spring the giant Saguaros flower, with lots of white blossoms. The large Prickly Pear Cacti in my yard has dozens of reddish buds which turn orange as they open up, and finally turn into a vivid yellow by the end of the day.
I and my camera are kept busy at this time of the year and it is hard to decide what to paint first. I take pictures in the morning as I go to the mail box to pick up mail, at noon, and then again in the evening as the sun is setting. Arizona sunsets are spectacular here in the Yuma Desert changing the Gila Mountain to colors of grays and tans, to gold and orange, and even purple.
I invite you to visit my website at Maren's Creations to view, enjoy and purchase my paintings of cactus and Arizona Desert Scenes. For questions or comments concerning this article please contact me at marenscreations@gmail.com.
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