The Illuminated Tree Eight, Original Painting

This painting is called  The Illuminated Tree Eight and is painted in acrylic paint on a cradled birch wood panel. It is made by building up layer after layer of  paint, richness, texture, colour and pattern. It is a unique one of a kind painting, but part of a series of nine.

Before I started work on this series I made some notes on how I wanted the paintings to feel and be, some broad intentions for the work. I wrote “joyful, exuberant, other worldly, jewel like and magical forest.”

 I chose to create them in acrylic paint as I wanted to build up a complex paint surface and for each painting to have a hidden history which occasionally reveals itself. 

As the  paintings started to come together I thought of ancient wise trees, bedecked with shining lights. The wonder and awe of trees. This is when I started to think of them as a collection of illuminated trees, solid, stable and glowing with light and life. 

This wood panel was hand prepared with three light coats of primer and then I finished the painting with varnish and wax so it has a lovely lustre and tactile surface. The Illuminated Tree Eight is ready to hang as is, or for you to frame depending on preference.

This painting is signed on the back.

• Original and unique contemporary artwork

• 30cm x 30 cm x 2cm (11.8 inches x 11.8 inches)

• Textured and rich surface

• Ready to hang

• Signed on the back

• Free postage included (dependent on location)

• Direct from the artist studio

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