Aspen Glory

As I do not have a studio right now I am collecting imagery. I have not one this intentionally in a while. Actually it has been refreshing to look anew.  Maybe this is a way to merge old observation power with new insights.  It is like seeing the works in a new light. Or have I changed and can suddenly see what was there before but slipped away unnoticed due to the lack of my own observational limitations. 

I saw my aspens in a new light! In the past Aspen trees or groves have been my love, as an organism and as a painting subject. Many of the paintings sold were not cataloged however there are samples of my progression along the way. The question arises: As I painted the elegant trees that way then, was it really what I perceived they looked like?   I would not paint them this way now. Am I influence by the zeitgeist of trees becoming trendy? As soon as somethings becomes fashionable I tend to loose interest. But wait....I had painted trees all my life there must be more!!!

In the last years I have painted approx. 500 paintings of trees, most them aspen. Let's see how the next 500 will develop with my new observational insights!!!!!

As I am going to be traveling to Copenhagen this week and then to vietnam I won't have time to paint but I will sharpen my senses, to become a better artist.