Up began with the eucalyptus trees behind the studio: afternoon breeze, distant wind chimes, birds moving through the branches, and the feeling of looking upward until I did not want to come down. Up in the trees. The composition pulls the eye upward through swaying branches and layered leaves in greens and reddish-brown, a massive trunk anchoring the right edge in silvery grays and warm sienna. The background is a luminous, almost electric golden light filtered through the canopy. The scale of the foliage is exaggerated, giving the painting an immersive quality. The viewer is lifted into the trees rather than looking at them. Painted with loose, gestural strokes that carry the sway of the leaves in a breeze.
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