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Submitted: January 4, 2008
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ghost treeby ~soggymukluks

Traditional Art / Paintings / Abstract

Precisely a year old, and hence my youngest piece yet uploaded, this painting focuses on a tree that stood behind the house I lived in for eighteen years. I moved out six years ago, and my parents have since sold the house; I don't know if this tree even stands anymore. I had just recently discovered this technique of painting lighter pigment on a dark ground, and I had been aching to do something with tree silhouettes, so when Christmas rolled around and I wanted to do a piece for my folks' new house, this came to mind. I missed the old home, and I thought this might capture the feeling of being there well; this tree was a pretty predominant figure. I wanted to describe it in a way that transcended mere form, so that the piece was more than a description of physical appearance, but rather an emotional narrative, and by exaggerating patterns of snow on the branches, abstracting the silhouette, and suggesting a fully-leafed canopy and winter conditions simultaneously, I came close to what I wanted. Do I have what I wanted? Oh hell no. But that's why I keep my brushes when I finish a piece....

~Ildiko57 Jan 24, 2012

Beautiful. You miss this and the clenched fist behind the tree looks like it's trying to grab on to it to keep it where it should be...with you?

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