This is a new painting, 18″ by 18″ on canvas, that was finished a couple of weeks back titled Bring the Light. It features the Red Tree high atop a promontory amid a sunburst of light, across open fields from two groups of Red Roofed houses, one still yet to receive the light.
It’s an interesting piece, one that has me studying it quite a few times a day here in the studio. On one viewing, there seems to be a lot going on here but then it begins to read simply as three wavy bands of color– the sky down to the tops of the green-leafed trees then down to the purples and blues of the foreground. The road acts as a connecting ribbon and the houses and Red Tree as staple-like connectors, all holding the piece together.
On another viewing, it appears more narrative, like a storyline crafted from the description in the first paragraph, and on the next viewing seems to be a study in depth into the picture, with multiple planes and receding lines.
It could be confusing but the central focus of the Red Tree framed in light pulls it together for me, creating a harmonious feel and unifying the many disparate elements of the picture. That’s a role and a purpose that fits the Red Tree well in much of the work, this piece included.
Redtree Times 
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