Yet another painting I turned into a holiday card.
I brought this over from the artists site.
Canvas and acrylic paints. My palette was limited to mostly paynes gray and chromium oxide green.
I’d always wanted to do my own version of “Bringing Home the Tree”.
The background is the Great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina. My brother, however, was bringing a tree to my mother’s home in Raleigh where there was no snow on the ground. The clouds and sunset are taken from photos from the same area. I used a photo of a Victorian home I found in a real estate ad in my local newspaper. The bird feeder is my own.
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very close to in my life. My Veterinarian will be getting something soon. Oh, my brother already has "Bringing Home the Tree".
with the red, two places where the gaze is directed. It looks like Montana. 
Thanks for sharing.
Didn't you do a Halloween drawing too? Love your work!!!
posed for me in a rain hat and I put a point on it. She was a friendly witch.
"%#@& it, let 'em get their own tree."
Maybe you shouldn't have made the hill so steep. 
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