Cacti | Linda Shaner

• Twisted

  Watercolor, Paper, 22 x 15

• Cactus Garden

  Watercolor, Paper, 22 x 15. The purple Santa Rita Prickly Pear changes color throughout the year depending on conditions. This painting is from a series of photographs taken in June of 2023 of a cactus in the process of…

• Colorful Cactus I

  Watercolor, Paper, 14 x 11. The Santa Rita Prickly Pear changes color throughout the year. This image was photographed in near Tucson, AZ, in June of 2023 and shows the cactus going through an amazing range of colors an…

• Santa Rita Prickly Pear

  Watercolor, Paper, 22 x 15. The Santa Rita Prickly Pear is also known as the Purple Prickly Pear. It changes color through the year depending on temperature, rainfall, and daylight hours. Source material photographed in…

• Saguaro

  Watercolor, Paper, 11 x 15. Close-up of Saguaro Cactus spines. Source material was photographed in Oro Valley, north of Tucson, AZ.

• Fishhook Spring

  Watercolor, Paper, 11 x 15. Close-up of a flowering Fishhook Barrel Cactus. Source material was photographed in Oro Valley, north of Tucson, AZ.

• Cactus Shrimp

  Watercolor, Paper, 15 x 11. A shadow "shrimp" appears on the pad of a Santa Rita Prickly Pear. Source material was photographed in Oro Valley, north of Tucson, AZ. 1st Place Watercolor - Thousand Oaks Art Association Op…

• Ant World

  Watercolor, Paper, 11 x 15. Close-up of a flowering Fishhook Barrel Cactus. An ant peeps out below one of the 'fishhook' spines. Source material was photographed in Oro Valley, north of Tucson, AZ. 1st Place Watercolor…