This is the latest of my work just recently completed... "Birch Tempest," 48 inches high and 68 inches wide... Very often I find that some of the most beautiful perspectives on the natural world are not those we typically see. As people we tend to see the world from the ground up and thus we see trees as large guardian protectors towering above us, providing a graceful shade with their long over hanging branches... they dominate the landscape in many areas of the world and certainly so here in New England... However, every once in a while we see trees from a different perspective... possibly looking out a window through the canopy of trees close to our home... or possibly on a trip to the mountains where we gaze over steep hillsides over the canopy and into the distant horizon... Personally, I have some of my best memories of tree foliage and canopy experiences from being a young boy sitting high up in the branches of any one of the hundreds of trees I climbed... and several of which held tree forts high up in the depth of their thick summer green or autumn colored foliage... The world is a different place high up in the branches and foliage of our large earthly friends... High in the tree canopy there is protection, hiding, perspective, solace, and much more, all accented by the fragrant aromas of the foliage itself and views of earth and sky most will never see.
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