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Image:
8.00" x 6.50"
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2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
13.50" x 12.00"
Cactus Close Up Framed Print
by Karyn Robinson
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Cactus Close Up framed print by Karyn Robinson. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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Karyn Robinson, Gilbert, Arizona.... more
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Comments (58)
Artist's Description
Karyn Robinson, Gilbert, Arizona.
Beautiful but dangerous, as most desert dwelling plants are. Painted in soft blues, greens yellows and reds. This is a succulent and I love the pattern created by the leaves.
Don't confuse cacti with succulents. Botanically speaking, cacti are succulents but not all succulents are cacti.
Wkiipedia notes..."The storage of water often gives succulent plants a more swollen or fleshy appearance than other plants, a characteristic known as succulence. In addition to succulence, succulent plants variously have other water-saving features."
"Many succulents come from the dry areas of the tropics and subtropics, such as steppes, semi-desert, and desert. High temperatures and low precipitation force plants to collect and store water to survive long dry periods. Succulents may occasionally occur as epiphytes - "air plants" - as they have limited or no contact with the ground, and are dependent on their ability to store wat...
About Karyn Robinson
Robinson grew up in the midwest and has lived in Arizona with her husband Jeff for more than 25 years. "When we moved to the southwest I was immediately taken with the desert's exotic beauty. Where some see only rocks and dirt, I see majesty. I love the sculptural shapes of the cacti and the way light and shadow plays on their forms." In addition to her contemporary take on southwestern art, Robinson enjoys painting abstracts, unusual objects (check out her robot painting, A Boy and His Dog) and capturing people at play. "Sometimes I feel that there is not enough time in the day to paint everything I want to paint. I'm so captivated by this wonderful, beautiful world. If I can just continue to paint and share my work with...
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John Malone
Great work and indepth description! V/F
Dagmar Helbig
very creative
Renee Barnes
Nice pattern and painting.
Lovejoy Creations
Great warm colors, love ur composition and style v:)
Debra Forand
Awesome work!
Cyril Maza
Well done! Fav.
William Patrick
lovely work!
Jo Ann Tomaselli
lovely graphic image using an interesting color pallet Karyn!
Deborah Benoit
This fabulous image I am tweeting!!
Jim Carrell
Karyn - Beautiful captured close up; terrific use of colors! Jim
Joan Carroll
love the colors! v
Martin Howard
Beautifully carried out idea! v.
Barbara Manis
I live in AZ so I know what this is! Wonderful work! f/v
Carole-Anne Fooks
Strong forms and repetition....v
Brigitte Emme
Nice shadowing & layering effect
Robert J Andler
Colors really stan out V/.…..
Gallery Three
nice colors
Janice Rae Pariza
Again, great colors, nice subject!
Susan Richardson
Light in the middle just makes this pop. Good job!
Steven Reed
Very Interesting, I like!
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Very beautiful piece. Love the colors, your closing viewpoint
Belinda Greb
Fantastic shading in this close-up painting of a cactus!