During my son’s last dental visit, I had enough wait time to notice and appreciate a piece of art I hadn’t seen before. Since there were no other seats available, I sat in the back and just behind the seating area hung a delightful “walk through the woods” painting. I was so thrilled!
Of course, this isn’t an actual tree, but it shows just how inspired we are by trees and forests, and that makes the artwork appropriate for #ThursdayTreeLove.
The palette is appealing, but the real pleasure comes from taking a closer look. There are many wonderful treasures hidden throughout the painting.
The family is obvious, but one would have to spend more than a moment with the piece to notice the rest:
The birds.
The cautious deer.
The curious bear.
The well-camouflaged bunny.
The added texture of actual leaves.
The shapes and feel of the varicolored trees.
None of the office staff knew much about the creator–only that she is a local artist who perhaps gifted the piece to the dentist.
Based on the clothing and the multi-colored leaves, this appears to be an autumn scene. The painting reminds me of the many walks my guys and I take during the season–sans dog. Temperatures are finally a little cooler. Maybe, we’ll get a long–and much needed–walk in this weekend.
I am joining Parul Thakur for #ThursdayTreeLove every second and fourth Thursday of the month. If you would like to play along, post a picture of a tree on your blog and link it back to her latest #treelove post.
A beautiful work of art, Chandra! Thanks for sharing.
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These are Beautiful!
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Amazing painting.
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Fantastic painting and such a joy to see it with your eyes. Thank you
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Beautiful picture.
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But I have to assume the artist is no person of colour.
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Ha!
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Or are they? It’s just because the persons depicted are no persons of colour.
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Probably not. I understood the reason for your comment. Lol. I really wish I had the artist’s name at least. Then, I could find out more.
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The Guardian once had a piece about a young man from London who went for hikes. Why that was newsworthy? Because he was black and not many black persons go out for a day in nature. He wanted to get his fellow blacks to join him. So when you showed a picture of a family taking a walk in the woods I paid attention to the skin color. And lo and behold – white. Which leads me to the conclusion it is a white artist. Someone for whom by default people are white. Maybe I’m wrong.
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https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jan/23/black-men-walking-royal-exchange-manchester-testament
Not from London, then … and it was over a year ago.
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Cool. I’ll bookmark it and read it when I’m taking a longer break. Thanks!
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I agree! Wish I’d painted it. Of course, it would be a “little” different. 😀
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Superb! A nature loving artist who has captured the small details so well! Kudos to you as well to have noticed them! A wonderful calming artwork in the dentist’s waiting room..
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Thanks–and can you imagine how much fun the artist had while “hiding” things among the trees?
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I love this painting. I agree with Archana’s comment that this is an artist who in tune with nature and also wants to the viewer to think and to have fun. Thank you for posting this one!
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You’re welcome! It really is an enjoyable painting! It represents so many things I love about the visual arts–well, art in general. There’s so much to study and uncover as we examine things closely.
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Very nice! And wow about those “hidden images.” The artist is truly talented.
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Only an artist’s eye can catch these minute details!
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