Flowering Ocotillo

BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS STRONGLY VERTICAL OIL PAINTING “FLOWERING OCOTILLO”:

A form of cactus, the flowering ocotillo is a common and distinctive desert plant of the southwestern United States. Throughout the winter, its clusters of spiny branches look dead. But at the first hint of a spring rain, it puts out green leaves and is quickly covered with clusters of bright-red, tubular flowers.

The ocotillo’s springtime blooming season coincides with the arrival of migrating hummingbirds from Central and South America. Neither the hummers nor the permanent-resident birds such as wrens and woodpeckers could survive as well without nectar from the ocotillo flowers.

I painted a field study of this large piece on a trip through the desert. Back in my Santa Fe studio, I made the final oil painting “Flowering Ocotillo” based on my photos and that watercolor sketch.

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