The Stump, 2011
oil on canvas board, 24" x 18"
On a walk in the woods near my house was a stump. It was a fairly odinary stump but to me it seemed to have a lot of character. The morning light shined through the woods behind it and filtered wonderfully around me in hazy shadows. There was a strong tree standing next to it, and several rocks around showing a real home that this tree once had. I felt like that tree had a presence in it's absence and was moved to paint that feeling.
