Blossoming Cactus

One more from my Santa Fe trip. These little cactus are always fun to paint, I think they're called 'Christmas Cactus.

 Blossoming Cactus with pears

24X16     Acrylic on panel

and some shots from the painting day.....

The source photo was taken for a painting I did quite some years ago. I always rather liked it; here it is, (it was 31.5x26).