Tree Shopping by Janet Bludau

This painting is done primarily with a palette knife but with a brushed foreground.  It measures 8x8" and is 1-1/2" thick on board.  Inspired by a Christmas tree farm on Maui, it is painted from memory, rather than one of my photos.  Most people are surprised to know there are Christmas tree farms in Hawaii but on the slopes of Haleakala, with the higher elevation, the temperatures can be much lower than Southern Ca where I now live.  It was wonderful to prowl around the farm and choose your tree rather than visit the corner, paved lot like I do now!

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