This painting is called Peaceful Evening. It’s meant to give you a peaceful feeling of being at one with the universe/God/the circle of life, or whatever meaning most resonates with you.
![3 New Oil Paintings: Tree of Life, Star Clouds & Fiery Colors peaceful evening](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/43/430332/3-new-oil-paintings-tree-of-life-star-clouds--L-oYymcr.jpeg)
Peaceful Evening, Oil on Canvas, 20″ x 20″
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With the giant otherworldly orb-like stars glowing in the sky behind the Tree of Life, it is reminiscent of my earlier painting, Mysterious Night:
![3 New Oil Paintings: Tree of Life, Star Clouds & Fiery Colors 3 New Oil Paintings: Tree of Life, Star Clouds & Fiery Colors](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/43/430332/3-new-oil-paintings-tree-of-life-star-clouds--L-OzgWHc.jpeg)
Mysterious Night Oil on Canvas 30″ x 40″
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Here is “Sunrise Dreams.” This is one of those lovely paintings that flowed quickly and effortlessly from my brush onto the canvas as I was painting it. When I was finished with it I thought it looked like sunrise on another world, or like a sunrise from a dream.
![3 New Oil Paintings: Tree of Life, Star Clouds & Fiery Colors sunrise dreams](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/43/430332/3-new-oil-paintings-tree-of-life-star-clouds--L-crEUrZ.jpeg)
Sunrise Dreams, Oil on Canvas, 20″ x 20″
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Here is The Source. The brilliantly burning star cluster in the center is a source of light and heat in the literal sense. But I also think of it as a life-giving source, much as our sun is to Earth. If I were to picture my own life force or the energy that sustains my spirit throughout my life, I think it would look like this.
![3 New Oil Paintings: Tree of Life, Star Clouds & Fiery Colors the source](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/43/430332/3-new-oil-paintings-tree-of-life-star-clouds--L-QssgS_.jpeg)
The Source, Oil on Canvas, 20″ x 20″
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