‘I Sea Cactus’ – Day 281/365

ORIGINAL COPY POSTED ON INSTAGRAM DURING THE CHALLENGE

When I paint on these canvas offcuts I keep them in place by pinning them to a piece of cork. Today for some strange reason I was overwhelmed by the desire to paint a cactus. I woke up with thoughts of one of my favourite books – Stargirl, in which a strange but wonderfully different girl talks to a cactus called Señior Seguaru.⁠
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When I finished the painting I googled ‘cactus quotes’.⁠
This was the first one that popped up.⁠
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Wouldn’t you know it – it’s by the author of Stargirl.⁠
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“She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds, we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.” ~ Jerry Spinelli⁠
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I love days like this – when I feel like I’m entangled in a dance with the muse and the universe and memories gone by. 🌟⁠

(artist retains all rights to print reproductions of this painting)
Inspiration image: common licence

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October 9, 2019