A new oil painting is always exciting for me to unveil. I've been painting Colorado landscapes featuring aspen and forest scenes for several months now. These are fairly simple compositions, but they are deceptively difficult to pull off. Aspen trees have recently become one of my favorite subjects. No two trees are alike! Different shapes, tree leans, thickness, bark color, shadow shapes, groupings etc.... make them a very interesting subject for me. I also try to make these paintings feel alive with color, movement and depth.
This one has more greens in the tree canopy than any I've done to date. Maybe I'm thinking about spring already (this one was painted in Dec 2010). 36 x 24 oil on canvas - As soon as it dries it will be exhibited in Earthwood Gallery on the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder, Colorado.
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