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Texas Prickly Pear
Postcards from Texas(A Painting A Week)
Texas Prickly Pear
6″ x 8″ original oil on canvas panel
Larry G. Lemons - Copyright 2007
This image is a common sight in Texas and the Great Southwest. There are many varieties of prickly pear cacti, but my research indicates that this is probably a variety that actually is called the Texas Prickly Pear. The small reddish purple attachment is considered the fruit and is sold in some stores under the name “tuna.” This particular one was growing just south of Nocona on the side of the highway.
July 3-4 we will have a booth set up on the square in Granbury showing/selling prints and note cards. Drop by if you’re in Granbury over the Fourth.
July 11 Donna, Olivia, and I are headed to Cartersville, Georgia to deliver about 20 original paintings to the Booth Western Art Museum Borderlands Gallery for a one artist show that will begin July 31 and run through September 23 (with an artist reception on Thursday, Sept. 20 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm) The Booth is the largest western art museum in the Southeast. www.boothmuseum.org Click on EXHIBITIONS - Borderlands Gallery and scroll to the bottom of the page to see the show description.
