Waltz of Trunk and Bough (original oil painting) Size:30"x40" Description: This is a painting

Description: This is a painting I completed of a 4"x4" patch of weeds growing in my backyard

Description: This piece is my interpretation of an image I captured at Caribou Falls State Wayside between Schroeder and Silver Bay

Just as trees rise above obstacles in their environment

Perhaps it is a good reminder that as we transition into new seasons of our lives

I have officially left Minnesota again but in a very half-hearted way

Waltz of Trunk and Bough (original oil painting) Size:30"x40" Description: This is a paintingDescription: I originally captured the image that inspired this painting while hiking with my son this past autumn. The sharp angle of the late afternoon sunlight created a golden hue on the prairie at the edge of this oak savanna. As light streamed through the forest, I stood for a moment frozen as it appeared two wise old trees were locked in an eternal waltz. The scene reminded me of the following poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 1897), which