Dorothy

This artwork is titled �Dorothy� and was painted in honor of the artists� maternal Aunt, who was a survivor of Breast Cancer. A portion of the... more

by Marcia Weller-Wenbert

Original - Not For Sale

Price

Not Specified

Dimensions

5.000 x 7.000 x 2.000 inches

Title

Dorothy

Artist

Marcia Weller-Wenbert

Medium

Painting - Acrylics On Canvas

Description

This artwork is titled �Dorothy� and was painted in honor of the artists� maternal Aunt, who was a survivor of Breast Cancer. A portion of the proceeds are donated to Cancer research for any purchase of a print, canvas, or greeting card of this artwork. . . . . . . . . . . . In the Breast Cancer series, Marcia has made the sky vibrant pink, as this is the color used to represent the fight against Breast Cancer. The flowers, which are typically white with a yellow center (the artist took artistic liberty in making them a deep rose tone), bloom April through June. In late June there is a ruby colored fruit. Saguaro flowers require cross pollination. A well pollinated fruit will contain several thousand tiny seeds. . . . . . . . .Some varieties of Saguaro can live up to 150 years and grow between 40 to 60 feet tall. The largest known variety of the Saguaro is the Champion Saguaro, and it grows in Maricopa County of Arizona; this happens to be the home county of the artist. The Saguaro without arms is called a spear, and it takes approximately 75 years before an arm is fully grown. The purpose of the arm is reproductive, to produce the blooms and fruit. Saguaros are started from seed they do not grow from cuttings. . . . . . . . . . . . .The Barrel Cactus can grow as wide as three feet and as tall as ten feet; however, typically they have a diameter of approximately two feet and a height of around three to six feet. While the barrel cactus painted in this artwork is in bloom, they do bloom a beautiful yellow to red, orange flower on top of a fruit during the summer months. The fruit starts out green and turns yellow as the flower dries up. The fruit can stay on top of the cactus for quite awhile, even as long as a year. They tend to grow facing south at a slant and at a very slow pace. Their life cycle is anywhere from fifty to one hundred years. . . . . . . . . . . . .When the artist moved from her home state of Oregon in 2008, she expected to miss the wonderful colors found in the vegetation, mountains, hills, and the floors of the Willamette valley that were her stomping grounds for many years. She was pleasantly surprised to fall in love with the colors found in the Sonoran Desert. Right in her own backyard and neighborhood, everywhere she visits throughout the day, she is greeted with the colors found in her new desert world.

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January 19th, 2013