The daily dose of art TREES - GETTING TO KNOW THEM

It did not happen overnight.  My fascination with trees developed gradually; they became an integral part of the paintings composition, and at times the primary focus.

Autumn Trees  acrylic  12x48

Summer Trees  acrylic  12x48

The daily dose of art TREES, A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP

How do I really feel about painting trees?  Conflicted.  But that has not kept me from making them the focus in many of my paintings over the past 10 years.  This may be a good time to take a look at some of them.

These 2 paintings were done entirely with a palette knife.

                                

Sepia Fields I & II

Acrylic  30x15

The daily dose of art THE NEGATIVE TREE

There are times when the absent tree becomes the perfect way to frame the subject. 

The daily dose of art AN AVERSION TO TREES

When I first began painting I had a great deal of difficulty with trees - I still do - and my solution was to simply ignore them.  If they were needed in the composition I included them, unpainted, which was not very painterly of me.  Eventually I overcame my aversion, but I still have a tendency to avoid them whenever possible.

A Retail Icon  watercolor

Philadelphia Academy of Music  watercolor

THE DAILY DEAL #2

Today's deal is an 8x10 mixed media - an enhanced clay monotype on paper mounted on a cradled panel.

Clay landscape #21 with 3 Trees

mixed media on 8x10 panel

$60.00 plus $10 S&H

Payment options:

1.     Personal check to Gallery 5 at 803 Madison St. Paducah KY 42001

2.     Call me at 270-366-2837 with credit card info

3.     I will email you an invoice via Paypal

4.     Pay at the gallery if you are in Paducah