I tend to shy away from titles like this. It just fits though. I don't like to romanticize or anthropomorphize nature. Nature just is and even though this may seem to be a work of fantasy, the live oaks, when they lose their leaves the branches are seen to bend and twist in fantastical ways.
2017-03-09
In the fall, in the afternoon, the sun hits the tops of the trees in a distinct orange band. I tried to capture that without being too heavy handed. The media is pastel, size 30 x 22 1/2.
2016-10-22
This is an image that I have worked over and over. You can tell by some of the damage in the corners from pinning and unpinning. It is rare that something is ever completed all at once. This one is an extreme, probably one of the oldest and newest. It was started about 15 years …