Cedar Bark Oil Landscape Painting SOLD paintings of woodlands I decided against a naturalist

I decided against a naturalist approach to color but instead to make use of color "vibration" (combining complementaries

The original surreal landscape painting is 16 x 20" on heavy cotton watercolor paper and should be framed behind glass or acrylic because it is a mix of watercolor and colored pencil

when in fact

On the opposite side stands the Shekhina

who here stands in the center of town

Cedar Bark Oil Landscape Painting SOLD paintings of woodlands I decided against a naturalistI love how the reddish color of the wood peeks through the blue grey bark on a cedar. The colors are bumped up to represent the glow of life and the cedar's blessed energy. This painting uses some Impressionist techniques. It's based a cedar growing in a cemetery. The original oil painting has sold.