The Docent

Each tree has its own personality and they are the subject of many of my paintings. Time and weather makes its mark on each, and I try to capture the life of that tree. This tree lives on a trail I often walk and appeared to be directing me down the path. If it could talk, it would give me the history of the creek nearby and of the lives of the other plants and fauna, much as a docent in a museum. The light spots below it direct your eye to the tree and describe the light of the day. It is painted in oil on canvas.