Friday, October 9, 2009

Forest of eyes

Walking through the early autumn woods near twilight, the colors of the sky and trees strike me with their beauty. In the fall the world seems full of rainbows. The colors in the trees bleed from crimson to tangerine, gold, lime green and soft olive. The shadows stretch purple across the cooling earth. This year many of the trees were blown bare by brisk October winds before they even changed into their autumn outfits.

Although the eyes in these trees may appear sinister I don't think of them as being baleful beings -- trees are alive, even in the colder months, and whatever earthy intelligence they possess continues to watch over the woods even in the winter. Dark guardians of silent secrets.

More artist features coming soon, I just wanted to post a little something about this while it was on my mind.

3 comments:

  1. There's something really compelling about this painting. The shapes in the trees are wonderful.

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  2. Thank you! I always just kind of let the brush tell me where to go with trees. :)

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  3. I love the descriptions you post with your work. It's a great one-two punch of artistic awesomeness!

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