Trail At Sunrise
by Marilyn Smith
Original - Sold
Price
$750
Dimensions
20.000 x 14.000 inches
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Title
Trail At Sunrise
Artist
Marilyn Smith
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
An early sunrise ride on an old dusty, desert trail can lead cowboys to many surprises along the way. These two cowpokes just passed the early morning blooms on several cactus plants. The Brown-spine Prickly Pear is showing off its' variegated peach into yellow flowers beside the beauty of the Pink-flowered Hedgehog covered in bright fuchsia blooms. Tucked behind it and growing into the old weathered wagon wheel is an Engelmann Prickly Pear that has dropped its' flowers and is producing the deep red fruit that can be made into juice and jams. The last cactus group is the Santa Rita Prickly Pear that turns a delightful shade of purple after a cold winter or a stressful drought season. It is covered in lemon yellow flowers that are a perfect contrast to their purple pads. Old fence posts have remnants of rusty barbed wire left over from past ranching days. Now they support the leaning and broken wooden and rusted metal wagon wheel. An ocotillo plant, sometimes called "buggy whip", is trying to bloom with lovely red clusters. In the background you can see the sunrays across the layers of desert foothills and the mountains known as "Four Peaks". Saguaro cacti are scattered over the Arizona desert landscape.
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March 12th, 2018
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Comments (30)
Marilyn Smith
Thank you so much, Lois, for the special feature in Exclusively Drawing and Painting and for the lovely compliment too!
LOIS VIGUIER
I love the way the sun shines on this desert scene Marilyn! Congratulations for your special feature in "Exclusively Drawings and Paintings"!
Janet Marie
Love your watercolor Marilyn. So delightful. I am especially fond of the cactus flowers, loving the setting that you have presented here with the wagon wheel and rustic fence rail. A wonderful description too! LvFvFb Janet💕
Donna Kennedy
Love your work Marilyn, and this is just wonderful, as all are!!! Congratulations on your Highlight Artist of the Week Feature in WFS!!!...L
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for being one of our present SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED ARTISTS, as you are very deserving of this special honor. Check it out on top of the Homepage of our site. It surely is a true honor to FEATURE THIS BEAUTY ON OUR HOMEPAGE! Your talents and love for art are surely dominant in this beautiful piece of outstanding art work! Thanks so very much for sharing, so we may enjoy and adore the beauty within! LIKED AND FAVED Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group) http://fineartamerica.com/groups/wisconsin-flowers-and-scenery.html
Marilyn Smith replied:
Randy, I am so honored to one of the Special Highlighted Artists in the WFS group this week! Thank you so much.
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