First Tree

First Tree

Acrylic and pastel on illustration paper. (1995)

This is truly the first tree I ever painted, the need to paint and create was something brewing so strongly inside I had to do something about it. Yet my resources were very limited, I grabbed the only paint I had any access to, a can of my father’s black spray paint, I sprayed it into the lid of the can and used the only paintbrush I owned a cheep nylon brush from a water color kit and created. I then finished my work with the only two pastels I owned brown and black.
Necessity is the mother of invention, or maybe it’s that there is more than one way to skin a cat. (Sorry cat lovers) At any rate I grew up in a home with very few luxuries but I did have a passion to create, always, I had to feed the creativity. So this is a very special piece to me and I hope to you as well.

First Tree is officially published in Artists of West

First Tree was Featured in Lifestyles Magazine as part of an article about the Artists of the West coffee table book.

I am also honored to announce my painting First Tree was a part of the Rialto Towers two week art exhibit in Melbourne, Australia in of July 2007

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First Tree belongs to the following groups:

All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, AW Welcome Center, Back In Black, Clever Designs, Happy Haven, Japanfluence, Live, Love, Dream, Mixed Media, NORTHWEST ARTISTS (U.S.), Spiritual Art and United States