This is a new piece that I’ve been working on for the last week. It’s fairly large at 30″ by 40″ and carries the size well, drawing my eye back to it on a regular basis from across the studio. I am drawn to the rhythm of the landscape and the quiet of the central red tree against the action of the confetti-like sky. It has a calming effect for me, one that centers my anxieties and slows me down a bit. Applied patience in a turbulent world.
I’ve talked about this here before. The purpose my work holds for me is to act as a sort of pacifier, to create a world and landscape that takes me just a bit further from the reality of the world in which we actually live. I consider this alternate landscape a world based on reason. At least, that’s how I see it.
I documented this piece in a series of photos as I was painting, snapping shots after small bits were done. I am in the process of putting them together in a video similar to the one I posted last week, Growing a Painting. This video would be more in depth and detail as far as the way the piece comes together. I’ll post it when it is done. Hopefully, it will turn out well. We’ll see…
Redtree Times 
Very nice.