These four small studies will be on display at Art Tradition Gallery in Escondido starting on May 1st. They are all acrylics on watercolor paper. I’m revisiting some of my Tree of Life imagery and playing with new ideas that I’ve been bouncing around.
The first two show deep roots reaching into the earth, shown as an underground cross-section, with the branches of the tree framing a giant sun.
Study of Blue Earth. 10” x 8” (14” x 11” matted), Acrylic on Paper, © 2014 Cedar Lee
Study of Deep Roots and Sunset. 10” x 8” (14” x 11” matted), Acrylic on Paper, © 2014 Cedar Lee
In this one, a giant full moon. I was going for a stained-glass effect here.
Study of Moon Tree. 10” x 8” (14” x 11” matted), Acrylic on Paper, © 2014 Cedar Lee
And this leaning tree with thick, gnarled roots clinging to the top of a hill, with a starry violet sky in the background.
Study of Star-Lit Hill. 10” x 8” (14” x 11” matted), Acrylic on Paper, © 2014 Cedar Lee
I chose to mat them in an elegant white double mat–matted they are 14″ x 11″. They look beautiful displayed together!
Tree of Life studies by Cedar Lee, matted acrylic on paper
