Cactus Flower - Red-Barrel Canvas Print

This is a looking down into a Red-Barrel Cactus Flower slightly offset. I love the contrast between the red thorns and the golden glow of the delicate yellow bloom. These flowering cacti are among the largest in the North American deserts and can live up to 100 years. The flowers bloom at the top and eventually become delicious fruit feeding all kinds of wildlife - even humans. The genus name “Ferocactus” means fierce or wild cactus. This picture was taken in July of 2018 in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona about 50 miles south of Phoenix.

Judy Kennedy (a visionary wayward muse) is a nature mystic and disabled visual media artist specializing in the Arizona Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is the United States' most ecologically diverse desert - especially in the state of Arizona. With an abounding love for her home, Judy's artwork and videos mostly feature wildlife in its natural setting with accompanying landscapes and skyscapes as varied and unique as her stylistic expressions. She serves this inimitable beauty and hopes that her art inspires others in their own conservation efforts. Judy is also a versatile writer of creative nonfiction and a composer of music which can be heard in many of her videos. Her YouTube channel alone has well over 1100 subscribers. ...