Light Through the Trees

10" x 8", acrylic on aluminum panel © 2024
Collection of the artist

Jump starts are often very productive times even though they may not be finished for a time after the event. "Light Through the Trees" was such a painting. I really didn't know what I wanted to do to finish it; then one day in a flash of inspiration brought on by watching some YouTubers—I thought that's what it needs. I then finished it in a day. I must say that there are a lot of layers to the work as there was experimentation and then there was the use of almost forgotten techniques and newer techniques never used as successfully. It worked and is finished, and I can breathe a bit easier.

It reminds me of another piece I did in 2016, "Deep Forest Fall." That one was also a closed landscape with light coming through the trees.