America the Beautiful

Prickly Pear

PRICKLYPEAR.JPGPrickly Pear, soft pastel on sanded paper, 12 x 9″ 2017, by Jean Krueger. All rights reserved.

The ubiquitous Prickly Pear sparkles and shines, shifting colors in the intense sun of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. The complimentary teal-turquoise and rose-magentas beg to be painted. The sun washes and deepens the contrasts, highlighting every surface contour. I love it.

 

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Jean Krueger Fine Art

I'm a painter, I try to paint daily to this visual journal.

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