Harry I. Dalton Trail

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One of the two trails through Jewel of the Creek Preserve, the Harry I. Dalton trail, is heavily used. After spring rains and the receding flood of Cave Creek, tender grass grows everywhere. Soon after seeding, the desert heat will turn this grass into tinder, easily ignited by any dropped cigarette butt. Black skeletons of the last conflagration cast shadows across the trail.

- Nancy Boudreau

This painting is about 5" x 7" acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream-colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

Blue Dick

Also known as wild hyacinth, Blue Dick, Dichelostemma pulchellum, is a member of the lily family and is one of the first noticable blooms in a western springtime that promises to be one of the most floriferous in decades. This humble plant was found above Cave Creek in the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area below Elephant Mountain in early March. - Nancy Boudreau

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This painting is about 5" x 7" acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream-colored mat and as with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

Below Elephant Mountain

Painting the profile of a face loved by many, the skyline of Elephant Mountain. Heavy spring rains have turned the desert below into a grassland with flowers soon to come: lupine, poppy, brittlebush and more. Part of the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, there are many hiking trails here, of moderate difficulty, regularly visited by local hiking clubs. - Nancy Boudreau

This painting is about 5" x 7" acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream-colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

Fresh Oranges

In my brother's backyard, there are several orange trees of different types. I love to see their fruit, which need much sun to mature and even so hide in the shade of foliage, heavy and pendulous. The perfume of their blossoms wraps my memory like the pleasure that comes from that first glass of fresh juice in the morning. - Nancy Boudreau

Want to pick your own in Arizona? Out of state and want to order direct, fresh?

This painting is about 5" x 7" acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream-colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

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Godfrey Pond Ice Melt

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It's early in March and on the many, many local ponds of northwest Connecticut, ice is melting. On Godfrey Pond in the Nature Conservancy's Devils Den and Lucius Ordway Preserves, blue sky is reflected once again in dark waters exposed by retreating ice.

- Nancy Boudreau

This painting is about 5" x 7" acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream-colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

Tough Guy

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With drooping limbs and one bud, this old grandpa saguaro stands like a body builder giving a thumbs-up gesture. A wet winter with freezing temperatures could have killed it, but instead gave it a pose of strength and affirmation. - Nancy Boudreau

This painting is about 5" x 7" acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream-colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com