For the love of trees. (Art)

I had never intended to make a collection of tree related artwork, but nature proved to me to provide a beautiful and amazingly unique subject that can be painted over and over again without ever failing to deliver it's originality or awe.

This piece came from the idea of a japanese cherry blossom tree, painted with acrylic paint on stained wood. The image of the hinted pinks and reds from the pedals fluttering in wind around this single smaller, yet majestic tree was the major inspiration in my mind. In an appreciation of the perfect little moments of life.

While living in Alaska one summer, there was a particular time I remember when the air would fill with floating cotton balls_translucent yet glowing with sunlight_as the wind blew. The source was a tree I never found the name of, but it's presence left this image behind in my mind. This piece was done on canvas with acrylic paint, and a gloss clear coat was drizzled on resulting in a painting the would change hue and sheen at different angles and lighting. In attempt to represent the orbs ability as it moved through the light.

From an old home of mine I could relax on the porch and take solace in this tree in the front lawn that had lived for a lifetime. It was an oak that had most likely lost a large limb at some point that was about head high on it's trunk. The result was an intricate knob centered on the tree that reminded me of a heart. I could imagine the tree absorbing energy from the earth, this heart then pumping it through the tree's viens and ultimately pouring it out to the surroundings through limbs and leaves. Something I tried to capture in a surreal sense.

This piece was more imagination than any direct inspiration. I was aiming to connect the cosmic world with this symbol of life and nature. The green and blue hues were to represent leaves, clouds and nebulas...as the subtle black in the background carried stars of the distant night upon a close look.

I entitled this "Live, Love, Grow"; a piece that was simply the thought of new growth in an old forest. And in hopes, a thought that would inspire those that saw it to, well...as the title says.

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