Original artwork description:

One day the idea jumped to me when I was looking through my reference photo library. It was a photo of cactus Saguaro. The cactus was big and tall, what if it was big enough for people to live in? Then the idea changed to what if we have a building that looks like a giant cactus? That would be interesting since I’ve seen many strange shaped buildings in the past. Inspired by this, I envisioned a cactus apartment fantasy oil painting that captures the imagination.

First of all, the bottom part of the cactus building has to be large. This part could be the parking lot. All branches are layered with different appartments. Some are big and some are small. Some apartments are connected between branches.

The outside facing wall of every apartment is huge window for the view. The inside facing wall of every apartment is small ventilation windows for bathroom maybe. There will be a room for utility or all the gears that are needed to sustain such big building.

I add the red warning light on top of one branch. And I also add some spikes. I am not sure how the spikes work, maybe antenna or lightning rod.

I choose the night time because it is easy to imagine how people lives in there. Some warm lights, some cool lights, someone close the blind and someone hasn’t came back yet.

The contour neon light for whole building isn’t there in the beginning. I put it on because otherwise it would be hard to recognise the shape of a cactus.

Although I tried my best to match the digital image the same as actual painting but the color may vary due to different monitor and monitor settings. Please be aware of this fact.
Hope you enjoy this one. :D

Materials used:

Oil paints, brushes,

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