Resting...

My tree series proceeds and sometimes I wonder if I see more into

these paintings than is possible?  No worries, I'm certain that

anyone who has ever hiked, or even taken a very long walk can relate to this one:

Honestly, this tree is for real!  We discovered it on a hike and I could not

resist.  Doesn't it look like it sat down and lost the energy

to get back up and move along?  I could feel the pain.

So I could not resist taking numerous photos and

filing them away to paint.

This was sketched out in graphite (a fancy way of saying pencil).  Then

I put watered-down acrylic washes on top, then back to graphite and then

more washes and back and forth until I got it where it is.

I've also spent plenty of time trying to image just how that tree got there

and grew (against all odds) so well in that spot...but mostly I just imagine pulling out

my water bottle and sharing a drink and a chat before I move on

along the trail.

16 x 12, framed with a black floater

available: BUY HERE





Siblings

"Siblings"

We don't have aspen trees in Florida so these beautiful white trunks fascinated me

while we were in Montana this past summer.  I knew I wanted to

include them in my series of works on trees.

These are done in graphite (pencil) and enhanced with acrylic washes

on a cradled board, then sealed for protection and framed.

I like combining the attention of the fine detail done in graphite with

the seemingly more abstract splashes of color gotten with

the acrylic washes.

This piece is 16 x 20 unframed and slightly larger in its black floater frame.

Oh!  I almost forgot: my husband named this piece.

Coming from a large family I think he saw these trees as brothers and sisters

with their lives all entertwined and their stories tangled together.

I liked the fact that he was being to anthropomorphize

the trees...something I have always done!

This piece is available, click here.