Prickly Pears Blooming in my studio again!

I am currently working on 3, 30 x 30 x 1.25" Still Scapes based on images of the Prickly Pear that I gathered last spring. The first four are now on view at the Rainbird Gallery in Blanco, TX.
These can be viewed at my website.
Pictured is one of the 3 new works under construction in my studio.
I applied the initial layers with mural brushes and kept the layers raw to show texture, then used pastel pencils to define shapes.
These paintings will be shown at Bass Concert Hall in Austin TX, April 26-July 25, 2010 and will also be entered into "What Texas Means to Me", a juried show at Austin Art Space Gallery in July 2010. The call to artists will be posted soon!