Trees, Flora, Foliage …

“I am at my best when alone with nature. ” – from Artist’s Statement 2000 – Natchez Mississippi

0m P1840868 white ginger acrylic large file — White Ginger – Acrylic

0d P1840924 gradfather ceibo the guardian large file acrylic — Grandfather Ceibo – the Guardian – Acrylic

00 P1840837 FULL HOUSE - HIBISCUS BUTTERFLIES acrylic LARGE FILE — Full House – Acrylic

00 0bf P1820483 Tres Toucanes - watercolor y acrylic - large file — Tres Toucanes – Watercolor y Acrylic

0 FEB -AGAVE STUDY watercolor (2) — Agave – Hacienda Guachala /Ecuador – Watercolor

P9090053 floribunda night garden detail — Detail from Night Garden – Acrylic

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Brugmansia by Daylight – Acrylic

P1000097 brugmansia acrylic — Brugmansia by Day – Acrylic

P1000099 brugmansia night acrylic — Brugmansia by Night (in progress) – Acrylic

P1840883 NIGHT GARDEN WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING acrylic small file — “While You Were Sleeping” (Brugmansia) – Acrylic –

P1290038 palo santo acrylic — Acrylic in progress – Palo Santo – Bursera graveolens

P1300611 palo santo acrylic — Fine tuning details – Palo Santo Tree – Acrylic

Is it a tree? Is it an animal? The following image represents a hybrid, painted to illustrate a quote by John Muir.

P1300712 THE MUIR TREE large adjusted colors y background white small file — Acrylic Illustration for ‘The Muir Tree

“Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed — chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching horns, or magnificent bole backbones. “ -John Muir

P1300718 THE MUIR TREE small file face