I suppose they could be Sunrise Trees, if you prefer that time of day!<\/em><\/p>\n

Another of the subjects that I draw regularly<\/a> are trees, specifically in front of sunset. Here are a few paintings in that vein from a bit of colorful playtime.<\/p>\n

The first two combine a few recurring subjects – the borders (specifically the corners), the trees in front of the sun, and that specific way of drawing a sun with the lined “rays” radiating out from them. Of course, I normally do all of these things in a drawing – so this is the colored version of that concept. Additionally, the rounded branches was a new style that I was playing with.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the above I was playing with texture, using angular hatched lines to fill in the background. And while both of these are acrylic paintings, below I was experimenting with the medium, pursuing a looser, more watercolor-like feel. Along with that looseness I also varied the borders – not sure which I like more, but the varying widths certainly give drastically different feelings to the paintings!<\/a>Finally, this unique tree was painted at the same time as the orange-skied cityscape<\/a>\u00a0and was yet another experiment.\u00a0I find the\u00a0delicate, bare branches of trees beautiful and fascinating as they are silhouetted by the sky – and that’s generally how I portray them. Adding leaves is relatively rare, and these stylized, swirls of foliage was an experiment in color and style.
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Each of these is painted on 8×10″ cold-rolled watercolor paper with acrylic paints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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