The Flower Duet by Delibes

Childhood Revistied "MY TREE".

 

"MY TREE"

These are some older studies I did circa 2002 -2003, learning about shapes and tones. I was working on capturing a mood and telling a story with very little detail in the work, mainly expressing through simple body posture and simple lines,
moods in light and dark. These are works in acrylics. I like acrylics because they don't give you much time to make decisions which forces you to make instinctual decisions. 

 This one is very dear to me. As a child I had this special tree, it was an avocado tree, it was in our back yard. I used to climb it and hide from anything or anybody who was giving me grief. It was a huge tree so I could climb high up and I'd stay there sometimes till it got dark. A few years ago I visited our old house expecting to see my huge healthy tree with even bigger and stronger branches sheltering birds and growing a lot of fruit. But instead I found an almost unrecognizable tree, small and withering. This painting is about a man who goes back to his favorite tree which he loved as a child, and finding it neglected , he realizes time moves on, nothing remains the same, that's life...
I recently spoke with the man who purchased this painting back in 2004. He told me that he has found this painting a fascinating piece to look at over the years and that he sees the man as pensive sometimes and other times his figure looks like a dagger thrust into the earth.