Cactus Chaos

 

Cactus Chaos

40" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Using palette knives and clay shaping tools, I layered and scraped and move the paint around until I was satisfied with this cactus patch.  The paint is layered and there is texture on the canvas.  This painting is drying in the studio.  Contact Kay for more info  Thanks, KMW

Cactus Colors

 

Cactus Colors

10" x 10" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Cactus Series

I put the finishing touches and a few highlights on this canvas.  I used a reference photo that is so old, that I am not sure where these blooming cactus were --- but I think they were in our front yard planter.  I hope to varnish this piece once it is dry.  Thanks for looking at my art...please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.  Kay

Wild and Wicked

 

Wild and Wicked 

8" x 8" Oil on Panel 

Contemporary Cacti Series

Available through the artist.  Thanks for looking...KMW

Cactus Patch

Cactus Patch

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral 

All framed up and hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas, "Cactus Patch" is a handsome painting.  The photograph I used (thanks to one of my studio mates) was the front yard of an old house in Austin, Texas.  I purposefully left out the house so that I could concentrate of the blooms on the massive prickly pear.  Contact the gallery for more info!  Thanks for looking, Kay.

Cactus Patch

Cactus Patch

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral 

All framed up and hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas, "Cactus Patch" is a handsome painting.  The photograph I used (thanks to one of my studio mates) was the front yard of an old house in Austin, Texas.  I purposefully left out the house so that I could concentrate of the blooms on the massive prickly pear.  Contact the gallery for more info!  Thanks for looking, Kay.

Cactus Patch

 

Cactus Patch

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Floral 

All framed up and hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas, "Cactus Patch" is a handsome painting.  The photograph I used (thanks to one of my studio mates) was the front yard of an old house in Austin, Texas.  I purposefully left out the house so that I could concentrate of the blooms on the massive prickly pear.  Contact the gallery for more info!  Thanks for looking, Kay.

A Day In Saguaro

A Day In Saguaro

12" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Landscape

This Arizona desert landscape is framed up and now hangs in our home.  The location is Saguaro National Park East.  The rough landscape of the desert was fun to paint once I had my underpainting in.  I used a palette knife on the mountains, cactus and shrubs.  Thanks for looking at my blog.  Kay

Colors of Cacti

Colors of Cacti

8" x 8" x 2" Oil on Cradleboard

Contemporary Floral

The cacti in downtown Dallas are unbelievable when you look at the color they produce.  John was downtown a few weeks ago and took a picture of this blooming flower on a rather large prickly pear cactus.  I really enjoyed painting this small panel.  Thanks for looking at my blog, and be sure to contact Kay with any questions/comments.  Kay

Wild and Wicked

Wild and Wicked

10" x 10" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Cacti Series

Framed in a beautiful contemporary floater frame, this painting is hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.  Contact the gallery or Kay Wyne for purchasing info.  Thanks, KMW

Wild and Wicked by Kay Wyne

Wild and Wicked

10" x 10" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Cacti Series

Framed in a beautiful contemporary floater frame, this painting is hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.  Contact the gallery or Kay Wyne for purchasing info.  Thanks, KMW

The Guardian by Kay Wyne

The Guardian

48" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Contemporary Landscape Painting

A recent trip to Arizona gave me the perfect opportunity to get some photographs of the amazing Saguaro Cactus.  The title, "The Guardian" hit me as my cousin Chuck told me that in his mind, the huge Saguaros as the guardians of the desert.  These gigantic cacti are located in Tucson and the surrounding desert...and OMG their presence is everywhere!  

I wanted to put down on canvas what the Saguaro looked like when we were standing next to it...the trunk was old, rigid and weathered, but as you look up to the newer growth, the limbs were small, smoother and more colorful.   I also wanted to capture the light of the desert. Here are a few photographs of my progress from start to finish on this canvas.  

Thank you for looking at my blog and this new painting.  Contact Kay for more information on "The Guardian".  KMW

Rise and Shine by Kay Wyne

Rise and Shine

48" x 60" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Cacti Painting

This colorful and textural painting is ready for a new home.  It would look handsome in an office or home setting.  Contact Kay for more info.  Thanks, KMW

Arizona Sky by Kay Wyne

Arizona Sky

8" x 8" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Landscape Painting

After a trip to Mt. Lemmon outside of Tucson, I immediately painted this small panel.  The scenery was amazing, as we took the winding road high above Tucson.  Here's my first painting of a saguaro cactus.  My plan is to paint this scene on a large canvas in these studio.  Thanks for looking at my blog...Contact Kay for more info on her paintings.  KMW

Rise & Shine by Kay Wyne

Rise & Shine

48" x 60" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Cacti Painting

This colorful and textural painting is ready for a new home.  It would look handsome in an office or home setting.  Contact Kay for more info.  Thanks, KMW

Rise & Shine by Kay Wyne

Rise & Shine

48" x 60" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Cacti Series

Lots of Prickly Pears, blooms, and needles cover the canvas.  I started with tinting the canvas with transparent yellow oxide.  Here are a few pics of the painting along the way.

I drew some shapes in with charcoal, and immediately started putting the background in.  I used violets, blues and diox.

The shapes are very rough and abstract, and here I flipped the canvas upside down to work on it.  Several times during the painting process I will turn the canvas on it's side or upside down.

I put several layers of color in, working on getting my values.  I need to get my darkest darks in right away...or I will never get them in.  I was careful to use transparent oils and medium in the beginning stages of the painting

I continue to layer the paint, using a big wide brush and palette knife.  I did pull out a small filbert and put some lines in the add interest and shapes.  I also started putting some spiney  edges and blotches on the pads.

I deleted some of the flowers and in the end, put in the flower that is the focal point of the painting.  I put some flowering petals in with some opaque cool colors, then a few with warm golden shades.  That makes it pop!  The last step in the painting is to put in the needles...that was so much fun, but once I put them in I could to go back into the painting and change anything or it would become muddy.   Rise & Shine is drying at the studio, and will get a coat of varnish---and then it will be available for purchase.  Contact Kay Wyne for more information on this colorful and dynamic painting!  KMW 

Prickly Pear Blooms by Kay Wyne - Sold!

Prickly Pear Blooms
Sold
30" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
Contemporary Cactus Landscape Painting
"Prickly Pear Blooms" is getting a new home this week!
New work on my easel....hope to post a poppy/landscape
soon.  Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay Wyne

Texas Cacti by Kay Wyne - Sold

Texas Cacti
Sold
30" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
Contemporary Landscape Painting

I am having fun painting cacti - it's interesting subject matter and you can get real creative with the colorful blooms, the needles and texture of the cactus pads.  I painting in some wildflower to balance out the painting and some rough rocks as the base of the cactus in the foreground.  Thanks for looking at this blog...another cactus painting will be posted tomorrow!  Kay Wyne

Wild and Wicked by Kay Wyne

Wild and Wicked

10" x 10" Oil on RayMar Cotton Panel

Contemporary Cacti Series

Currently hanging at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.  

Contact the gallery or Kay Wyne for more information.

Thanks for looking....KMW

Texas Cacti by Kay Wyne

Texas Cacti

30" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Landscape Painting

Texas Cacti is on my easel drying, and I am ready for a studio critique.  Long  needles and spiny edges were fun to paint with my palette knives.  The rough, sandy foreground has rocks and tall dried grass clustered around the prickly pear cactus.  The cacti pads are painted in various shades of dark green with brown spines and colorful needles.  Tulip shaped flowers are coral, yellow and pink.  If I add more paint to this canvas, I will repost.  Thanks for looking at my blog...Kay Wyne

Prickly Pear Blooms by Kay Wyne

Prickly Pear Blooms

30" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Cacti Series

This painting is sitting on my easel, drying.  It has some details that you may not be able to see---lots of spiney needles.  This was a fun painting...the prickly pear cactus has many interesting shapes and characteristics.  I used a brush and palette knife to apply the layers of color.  This painting is available for purchase.  Contact Kay Wyne for more info.  Thanks, Kay