Summer Bloom

Artist: Kelly Tidwell

Medium: Acrylic

Dimensions: 18x24

About this Painting: "Summer Bloom" is a whimsical desert landscape with vibrant color and playful abstraction. Set against a warm pink sky, an imaginative array of cacti and desert flora. A massive saguaro cactus commands attention at the center, adorned with a soft pink flower, while stylized trees and shrubs of varying textures and patterns add depth and variety to the scene.
This painting captures the vitality and spirit of a blooming desert in summer, where life thrives in unexpected beauty.

About the Artist: I am a self-taught artist based in Redondo Beach, working primarily with gouache, watercolor, and acrylic. My work is rooted in emotion, drawing on personal life experiences that explore surreal, dreamlike moments. I’m fascinated by the quiet tension in “captive moments” — the kind that live between memory and imagination. 
My palette and composition often evolve in response to feeling rather than form, allowing the process itself to guide the final piece.