Evergreen

After doing one painting at Stony Creek on the first day of my annual October plain air vacation, I had time to do a quick second painting. I saw this large pine surrounded by trees with orange leaves in Wintercove North and loved how it stood out. Its sturdiness conveyed an attitude of pride that it would still look that way even after all the surrounding trees stood bare for the winter. I wanted to get this done quickly and loosely and chose to return to my painting knives. I enjoyed abstracting the shapes and feel the knife marks capture the pine tree's strength and power.

This was painted on a homemade pdf panel and ships unframed. Shipping is free in the continental U.S.