October Sun on Cypress Oil Landscape Painting land Here are the comments of

Here are the comments of the juror (Keiko Tanabe) on this painting: "The surprising effect of granulating pigment is used - and clearly manipulated - with great sensitivity to create a compelling and atmospheric result

I love how the reddish color of the wood peeks through the blue-grey bark on a cedar

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" This brought all sorts of images to mind

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October Sun on Cypress Oil Landscape Painting land Here are the comments ofThe pale October sun greets this cypress in its cemetery home. I love how cypress bark gets all sorts of creases and folds, like it's recording history in its form. A crease starts and travels up the tree, becoming deeper, perhaps curving, and then shallower until it is melded into the trunk's shape, where it disappears from our view as it recedes into the tree's memory. To me, this is how history can impact any living being. This tree is great at