'Soul Sisters' *SOLD*

I've been somewhat missing-in-action in the

blogoshere as the opening for my 
two person show with Linny D. Vine draws nigh

 and last minute preparations seem to mount.

All the paintings were delivered to the

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria yesterday

and that felt real gooooood.

Six more sleeps to the reception  =:-/

I have been painting though, if somewhat

distractedly.

This painting features those wonderful west coast

trees the Arbutus. Though the mighty cedars

and firs are regaled as the trees of the

west coast it is the Arbutus that holds sway

with my soul. Feminine and sensual in

character they are sacred to many of

the first peoples here on the south coast.

When you breathe in the scent of their profuse blossoms,

 see the bountiful bright red clusters of their 
edible berries among the leathery evergreen leaves

or sit quietly on a hot still mid summer afternoon and

hear the thin layers of bark begin to audibly crack

and peel from the smooth trunks,

you begin to understand...

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Oil on wood panel 18 x 24.

Your thoughts would be appreciated.

Jeffrey
*SOLD*