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Published: 2006-02-06 06:48:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 1353; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 74
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I did not believe they existed until I went to teh backlands in Louisiana and saw them for myself...Huckelberry Trees. They are by far the most tortured trees/bushes one could ever come across. They grow in rocky, poorly irrugated soil next to brackish waters. They are scrawny and appear twisted from root to the tips of the longing branches. They remind me of weary souls just trying to bide their time here before they can pass on to the next life. I had to paint them. They are lovely and tortured, and I am drawn to those kinds of things.Original watercolour with handblended 24kt gold on 300lb cold press cotton paper. Measures 24 x 30in.
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I agree. I see beauty everywhere, in life, suffering and death. It helps to keep me grounded and self aware. Thank you for taking the time to see my work.
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This is a beautiful painting. Simple, but still beautiful
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I agree, simple is beautiful, although all too often overlooked. I am pleased to see you noticed this one special amongst others in my gallery. I think it must say alot about you.
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well, simple things seem pure to me. the artist doesnt need to say something in extravagance to get the point across. thats what this piece is to me. pure and relaxing....mainly because it isnt extravagant
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thank you again. these words are most meaningful to me.
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This just came up in my devwatch today. I swear it's haunted! This is a lovely painting. I especially love the clouds behind the blood red moon.
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DA mishaps...who knows?
glad you like
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almost reminds me of old japanese prints -- i like the contrast between the lines of the trees and the colors of the background.
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Thank you. I am glad you like it.
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Your trees always look tortured and surreal... These are no exception!
Beautifully painted, and so full of emotion...
Your paintings never leave me without a strong emotion : this one feels like the trees are suffering !
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they do look tortured....the trees are expressions of me...something as close to a self portrait as I have ever done...I project myself on them sometimes...and sometimes I just relate to them as they are. These trees know suffering that I only hope no human has known to endure.
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Here in Austria we have miuch wood. And there you can find so many huckleberry trees.
Your painting is so bright and your painting of trees and background great. You realy like them.
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wow....austria has huckleberry trees????I would have never guessed. I only heard of them here...do you call them something else?
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No we have no trees there, they are little bushes. The fruit is black-blue and can be eaten. Little balls. Like the nail of the index finger.
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yeah that is what these are, but in Louisiana, where there is so much rain, they grow taller and maybe do not look so bushy. But huckleberries are yummy!
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Awesome 
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They're the best - hmm, sudden switch from art to hunger 
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They do have an obscure thing going on, it's very trippy... how cool they could make you amazed that way
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Your technique is so distinctive. You take watercolor to a new plane
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Thank you my friend...ironically...I was asked to give a demonstration of my technique at a gallery showing and this lady who was a well-known local watercolour instructor, and whom I respected for her work told me that I "bastardize the art and use of fine watercolour...and should be ashamed of how I treat my brushes..."
She did not buy one of my paintings.
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Her antagonism probably stems from being envious of your innate artistic abilities
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Hot, barren, cruel... the trees stand clinging on to life like souls twisting, writhing in pain. Nice.
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well said...thank you for taking time to analyze my painting.
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Yeah I am going to eventually 
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You are the super sweetest! 
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No problem I would love to buy one of your actual pieces one day ^_^
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Yeah!!!! I appreciate you alot. I actually just got a prints account. Only three are available...but I am working on some others.
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Kool and maybe when i have money i could work out buying an actual piece from you <^)\./(^> maybe, though I understand most artists wanting to keep originals
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I love doing commission work...I do like keeping some originals, but I also like painting for people and knowing that someone really likes my work and that I have a personal connection with the person who now possesses a part of me. It just feels better that way.
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very ture, and if i may ask where are you currently located
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I am living in Chicago right now...the windy city
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not leaf actually...I use 24kt gold. Gold leaf will flake off the paper with watercolours...it is too light to stay on the paper. I pulverize the gold and blend it in with gouache media and watercolour and it stays. Very expensive habit.
I am glad you appreciate the effect.
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I am so poor it is ridiculous...hehe...no one taught me. I have actually never taken an art class before, which is likely why I do not obey the rules of watercolour painting. I wanted the metal in the paint. First tried leaf, but it flaked back off, same with glitter, only heavy metal, like gold and silver, but only in pulverized form, would stick, and only when blended with medium...It was a trial and a process, but now I am addicted. I only tried using silver and pearl two years ago,...they are much much more difficult to keep on paper and require a little baking. I used all three in "Find A Way".
If you can get your hands on some gold, you migt want to try it. Fun, fun fun.
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YAY! 
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Yay! for the self taught painter/bakers! Let's take over the world!
I shall now go and check out your baking skills....
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When I was very young I lived in a secluded neighborhood in Louisiana, about 20 minutes drive from the Gulf. To get to the nearest town, my mom would have to drive across a bridge that spanned a vast swamp. I remember staring out the window at what seemed to be long-dead heaps of grass that were somehow untouched by decay, surrounded by water that seemed unmoving yet never stagnant. Occasionally a leafless tree struggled out of the waste and stood alone and bent. I remember wanting to jump from the car and see what life there was in the seeming desolation.
I can't get past this memory when trying to interpret, so I guess that's my interpretation. Thanks for bringing back such a happy memory.
Colors seem very limited, but not at all limiting. Great work.
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cool...you are the only other person that has seen them outside of other Louisianians. hehehe
Glad to bring back good memories.
The colours are more limited in this piece, mostly because, as you noticed, where they grow isnt all that lush, or diverse, or colourful. I debated this idea...but the colours would not come. Strange...
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Wow, how do you get those branches so wonderfully small and detailed?
I love the gold tones (great photo of it, too, because you caught the brightness perfectly!) and that the background looks like mountains far away
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I paint with this little triple 0 brush that has three skinny hairs...so pathetic that brush looks...gives me cramps in my hand to do these trees, but I love them. I love the labour, and love the result...
glad you like this one...it was simple...like the trees.
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amazing...the shining,the colors...i can already feel what those trees may feel in the blinding sunlight...it's already hot and summer in my room when i'm looking at your painting...
exceptional work!!!
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