Last year a mini-tornado came through our area.
The next day early in the morning I went to the park for a walk. Many of the trees were damaged from the wind. Sections of their bark had been torn off and were sprinkled all over the grass. It reminded me of how it looks after it snows, but with pieces of bark on the ground instead of snowflakes. It was beautiful and surreal at the same time.
I collected some of the bark as I thought the markings were really interesting. These soft colors inspired my Blueprint Botanical (Birch) painting below.
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| Blueprint Botanical (Birch) Acrylic, Gouache & Pencil on Linen, 36"x36" Heidi Carlsen-Rogers |
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| Blueprint Botanical (Birch) Acrylic, Gouache & Pencil on Linen, 36"x36" Heidi Carlsen-Rogers |
