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Cactus Oil Painting 5 – Many Colours

The big problem with the web and most cameras we have is that it’s impossible to show truly saturated and rich colors. The actual colors in this painting jump out with a richness that even with my advanced Photoshop skills I just can’t render in a web format. With some of the new printers I [...]

Cactus Oil Painting 3 Agave – Botanical Gardens in San Miguel de Allende

This is from an image I took in the Botanical gardens in San Miguel de Allende. In this study I wanted to play around with a larger portion of entire plant not just a close up. This is one photo where I was unable to bring out the rich colors of the plant in a [...]

Cactus Oil Painting 2 Many Shades of Green

The last painting wasn’t truly a study in greens as it has a lot of red, but it was one that inspired me and I felt could so do justice. For this painting a chose a closeup of an agave cactus as I found the patterns interesting and with the greens becoming lighter and more [...]