"Aloes Blooming with a View of Santa Cruz Island", 8 1/2" x 11", Watercolor. Copyright 2014.
These orange and red colored aloes are found blooming along sunny slopes along the California coast. You will see patches of this firecracker red scattered along the Santa Barbara bluffs. I spent a few weeks observing these aloe. I wanted to paint this piece required waiting for the aloe flowers to get to he right height and vibrancy before the painting was ready to start. If I were to wait to long the pollinators would have turned these flowers into seeds and then the colors would be lost. The painting was started plein air but finished in my studio. Enjoy!
"Love is the flower you've got to let grow."--- John Lennon
