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Another large work based on the trees of Fernhill.

  I finally finished this work. I've been using the paint and acrylic ink in different ways in smaller works leading up to this one, I have been asking, I wonder what happens when...   I feel I've made a few new techniques for myself and I love the way they all went together in this work.  With this work and quite a few I've done lately, I did have to put the painting away to "rest" for a while. I was going to add some flying birds and was trying to decide between doves and crows. When I went back to the work, I realized that neither would add to my message. I was unhappy with the trees but when I went for a walk in the cemetery next to my studio, I realized that I have been more than a little influenced by the twisted elms that grow there. 

   I am happy with this piece. I have painted what I was trying to express as well as I am able. I love the depth and the colours. This will be one of the works in my June exhibit at The Charlotte Street Art Center (Fredericton).