Desert Willow 18x24 inches desert art It made for a nice

It made for a nice contrast of shapes and shadows in this overhead image

You might think

I knew I would paint from one of them

The reason most artists never smile in self-portrait paintings is because we’re concentrating on getting our facial features correct

the mama bird and her three baby chicks symbolize my mom

Desert Willow 18x24 inches desert art It made for a niceWe have three Desert Willow trees in our front yard in Arizona. The first winter I arrived there I thought they had died. Their leaves were gone, and all the other trees were green and lush. Later, I found out they are deciduous trees, (and lose their leaves annually). When spring arrived the willow trees leaves and beautiful pink blossoms grew back again. I liked the contrast of shapesthe long green leaves against the flowers soft contoursso I made