"Mother Nature's Tapestry'

Absolutely bloody stunning Lynda, Monet eat your heart out!!!!!!!!LOL, love those mauve/purple hues under the green bark, superbly handled complementaries

Very cool =D

Beautiful! Wow!

Wow, what a beautiful detailed study of this red gum tree. Great work using an amazing palette of color.

Superb this “tapestry” !

Lynda, you amaze me! I love the perspective in this one!

You are the boss, this is just amazing, worthy of many awards, Gorgeous!!! :))

Wow that is brilliant it could be a photo . Marvellous work Lynda. x

wow this is so real and life like! Just looks like a photo, well done!

I cant believe this!!! OMG….i could reach out and touch the bark,it is so realistic Lynda,wonderful work! I know i have said this before but you really give a fabulous portrayal of our diverse country.XXX

hola linda how are you dear lovely work I expect no less from you lol

Put it in anyway Lynda x

Oh so beautiful!

WOW!! Colour to DIE for!! Absolutely stunning, Linda!

I agree with Josh Lynda !!

You weren’t barking up the wrong tree with this one, just beautiful!!!

I find pastels so hard to use. Your picture is amazing!

beautiful lynda, i have the feeling you were reluctant to put the pastels down on this one, it must have been so rewarding doing all the ‘fiddly bits’.... :>)) xxx

master piece lynda!! u rock asusual!!

the life, the soul you put in your painting is incrivel…

Gorgeous work as always Lynda! (Must say moss & lichens are very attractive to paint), and instantly recognisable from the thumb here ;)

Almost forgot to mention – I really like the treatment of the (sunlit) mid-ground trees on the left as they go toward the background ones – excellent!

Beautifully painted textures Lynda – can almost smell that red gum.

This is just so beautifully depicted Lynda!!!

Absolute beautiful treetrunk Lynda

Absolutely top notch Lynda. Wow the colours are great.

I also agree with Josh, Monet eat your heart out!!

GREAT capture of the lichen,, using the pink pallet makes them pop right off this tree,, lovely soft piece,,, LINMARIE

Beautiful texture!! Love this Linda!

Another stunner Lynda !!!
your colours and perspective are awesome !

Oh Lynda, this is beautiful!

Beautiful!

Wow!...I agree with Josh..love the use of purple in this one.

if i can avoid green – i do!! :>))

Far out Lynda…once again you have taken my breath away.
This is beautiful!

It’s like a macro of your work!! Love seeing you attention to detail and color variety up close. “All hail the Queen”!lol

Beautiful colors!

A very intriguing and compelling work of art Lynda. Just HAD to fave this. >< Ron

I find your use of colour artistically stimulating Lynda.

Congratulations on being featured with your fine painting Lynda- more than well-deserved :)
Oh, to have red river gums in London!!

Lynda this an amazing pastel work, you have really shown the essence of the tree so beautifully,Bev

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I’ve just been listening to the news – world in crisis! I heard that many pubs are closing down in England due to the recession!!!
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Ha! Yet another good reason to get out of here ;)

Sweet work

Great study and texture ..color is beautiful !!

YEP A Carpet bag for sure!
& the morning sun in the trees behind and the softly waking ground tells me you know this place well!
When I was a kid I had an apricot tree limb that I claimed as my “horse” and it’s saddle was an old tapestry cushion. [I would cry to use such today – a tontine is cheaper to replace!] This reminds me of all those happy hours I galloped miles and miles on my horse “Apricot”!!
Chookas! X♥X

Getting tiired of my faces(they ought to be some souls awaiting for the judgement’s day in some purgatory ) I pay a little visit to your edenic garden and I see that it is good. Pure and honest! sometimes words needed to be repeated again and again.

That tree is so 3 dimensional, one could almost hug it.
The beautiful subdued backdrop really pushes the tree out at you

one face upon another one, upon another one…It is quite a totem.. potentially.

It’s these types on images that I love so much about wondering and running through the bush here by the creek, the sound of running water, hugging the massive old gum trees and just plain loving what God has created all around me. I love how this reminds me of all those wonderful moments!

Such BEAUTIFUL work….the colours are so inviting and ‘friendly’, that’s the best word I can think of right now…....hugs…you’re a great artist

thats beautiful, Lynda. I love the colours and the texture

Wow, wow,wow!!!!you are really magician of pastel, Lynda.

This is absolutely gorgeous, Lynda!!!

Beautifully done

wonderful!

wow, wonderful artwork, your are an amazing artist!

What a wonderfull painting! Pastel paintings always surprise me, especially something of this quality. It reminded me of a picture of a branch I took in the forest with intent to try and paint it with watercolors. Maybe I should have another go with pastels instead! How many colors do you have in your box? Do you use most of them or just a few favorites?

Stunning work Lynda – love trees and you have captured their depth and character here so well

this is a really beautiful piece

Lynda, I just realised I didn’t have you on my watchlist…. no wonder I missed all your work.
I absolutely adore this one! I don’t know how you did the lichen but it’s amazing…... I will have a closer look in a minute. You managed to make the tree look so old, and the whole painting had a 3D affect too.
Très, très joli!

This is simply drop dead gorgeous… it is so beautifully executed! had to fav!!!!

Incredible work.

Please add this one in the fungilicious group, Lynda. Thjat would be so nice. Their is also a challenge going for Fungi art.

And off course . fantastic Lichen study and pastel drawing ;o))

A wonderful demonstration of tone & texture and marvellous perception.

The Lichen challenge is finished, Lynda. It would have been great for that challenge !!. Keep an eye out , for another challenge. You should be come a member and add that on in the group.

Here is the link to the Fungilicious group

Wow !!..this is wonderful…looks so real that my fingers are just itching to pick that bark off…how do you do it ! almost photographic..I have never seen such quality in pastels as you achieve..you take my breath away every time..a real master…a must fav !!!!!

Lovely capture! Wonderful…

I’ll say it once, I’ll say it twice, hell – I’ll say it a thousand times…you are the master of colour! This is fabulous.

Love the way this one turned out for you Lynda. The warm and cool colors mingle in such a satisfying manner.

You have captured this perfectly. . . stunning. You are such a talented painter!

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! love all the colors,, you have the lichen down pat,, this is breath taking,, love linmarie

wow this is lovely, really caught my eye. Love the colours & unusual composition.

Gorgeous colors and great attention to detail.

llynda ,this is so lovely a real tret to see,itis anazing what can catch our eyes if we only look .Well done LIZ

Linda, this is impressive. The subject is simple but you’ve made it into something much more. Great work!!! ...as usual

Beautiful pastel Lynda

beautiful work Lynda…thanks for sharing

Startling beauty. How lucky you are to pass this each day.