Pine Trees

Pine Series
This series of paintings is about capturing movement.  The viewer can experience the movement in the pine trees as their eyes pass over the many branches on these long vertical paintings.  This movement simulates the movement wind has on the branches of pine trees - a bouncy and swaying movement.

"I spent a lot of time in the pine forest of Black River Falls State Park in Wisconsin, Itasca State Park in Minnesota, and other various campgrounds throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota as a child.  Both sides of my  family are avid campers and outdoors people.  I continue to love to be among the trees any chance I can - there is a connection - a visceral effect that I experience when I'm among the trees, especially in pine forests."
-Melissa