Art Glass

Drawings and Paintings



Thorns


The desert plants surprised me two fold. Almost every desert plant is edible and all of them have thorns. Each season presents the same plant anew. It might it be the season of the year or the plants own season from new to maturity and then decay. Three of the most fascinating cacti species are represented in my drawings. Agaves come in many forms and shadings. When the leave curls to one last thorn on a already thorny leave I see it as a painted fingernail worn by an elegant, demanding lady, who is in command of her place on earth. Where as the Ocotillo cacti reminded me more of a willfull teenager. Gangly, unsightly stalks turn with little moister to well dressed fully leaved branches, topped with a feather like bloom, almost too red for its own good. The Saguara impressed me with its grandeur, with the promise of food and shelter. Almost the whole plant is edible and the harder parts were used as building material.