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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Redwood Sapling


"Redwood Sapling" is acrylic on cradled wood board 12" square by 1 1/2" deep. Not for sale until the completion of my series on our urban forest is complete.

6 comments:

Katiejane said...

Oh, this is a pretty painting. I like this one a lot.

Anonymous said...

This is lovely - the colours are so inviting. Can't wait to see all of this series togehter.

Diane Widler Wenzel said...

Katie,
After tweaking "Redwood Sapling" when it was perfectly resolved March 10, 2007, I really felt it was a gigantic mistake to go in and loose the first spotaneous strokes. Finally afterpainting over and over the upper half of the painting I found something I like better than the first one.

Diane Widler Wenzel said...

Cath,
I found another painting I started in this series last March. It is a dream of a child fishing in the waters enhanced by the logs and trees my husband is falling for the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Also will paint a picture of a well managed urban forest. An urban forest can not be the same as wilderness, but it can be beautiful in its own way.

Katiejane said...

Yes, I like this one a lot.

Diane Widler Wenzel said...

Cath and Katie,
Yes, today I worked on the dream of a child fishing in the freeway lakes with the the fallen trees now serving as fish habitat. I also went for a hike at the Beazeal Forest in King's Valley. That was so enchanting with all the larkspur in bloom, I have also started a painting of the creek. So much to paint and so little time.