The Wedding Tree

My best friend asked me to paint a tree as a wedding gift to her mother who recently remarried. I had intended a light but complex landscape with a tree perched on a cliff reaching out into the heavens...instead, I painted a darker tree with a more mysterious feeling. I am not sure what happened, but I may be starting over again and listening to really happy music and drinking white wine instead of coffee.


Original watercolour on cotton and silk 300 lb cold press paper. Hand blended paint with pulverized sterling silver and 24kt gold. Measures 22 x 30 in.