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Generally I paint actual places using photos as reference materials or I do sketches and paintings on location. In this case I used three different photos as references and came up with a painting that looks as if it should be an actual location but it really isn't. The tree is from one photograph, the sky is from another and the distant treeline is from a third. In this painting I was focused on the tree. I used the sky and the background as tools to create a setting for the tree.

There are times when I begin a painting and then leave it and go on to other projects. Occasionally the unfinished painting may be left sitting in my studio for a long time. This painting was one of those paintings and sat unfinished for over a year. It caught my attention in April of this year and I got it back on my easel and spent a couple of hours putting the finishing touches on it. I am not sure why I leave some pieces sitting like that. I suspect it has something to do with being unhappy with how the work is progessing and it sits until I forget what I don't like about it and then I can get back at it and finish it up. Regardless of why I abandon some paintings for an extened time, in this case, I am satisfied with the finished painting.

This piece is acrylic on canvas. It is a small painting (12 X 12), and is priced at $125.00. It is unframed but it is a gallery wrap, which means that it is on a deep stretcher frame and that the canvas covers that deep frame and is wrapped around and fastened to the back of the stetcher frame. The deep canvas sides have been painted. It feels to me that this explanation is confusing. To simplify, gallery wrap means it can be hung on the wall unframed and it looks just fine.