Red Tree With Blue Leaves By the River

Red Tree With Blue Leaves By the River
by Cheryl Harris White
Acrylic Collage on Canvas

18" x 24"

The fourth piece in my tree series is the most whimsical of them all. There are fish making up it's roots, birds at the river and hearts carved into it's trunk.  It is happily accompanied here by the perfect quote from William Shakespeare...

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.  ~William Shakespeare

Red Tree with Green Leaves

Red Tree with Green Leaves
by Cheryl Harris White
Acrylic Collage

18" x 24"
$75.00

 I liked the way this cool misty background turned out on this one.  I also like the idea of creating these trees with what ever color bark I choose instead of the same grayish tan bark we see on real trees everyday.  The result was in this piece, the roots ant the bark is what my eye most enjoys looking at.  These colors remind me of summer.

Dripping Autumn

Dripping Autumn
Acrylic and Acrylic Collage on Canvas
20" x 24"
by Cheryl Harris White
$75.00

I'm in love with autumn, and since today is officially the first day of fall, I'm celebrating it by posting this new painting.  I used thick, stripes of texture on the background and it reminded me of rain.  I liked placing the tree off center so we could focus on some of the other colors on the horizon and shadow on the ground more.  The tree, dropping some of it's leaves, looks to me like it is dripping with color, so that is how this painting got it's name.  

Local Artists Show 2008

I was invited to participate in this Art show at Premier Gallery.  This was a fun event, but getting ready for it was quite a challenge.  Each artist had room for about 5 or more paintings to for display and the pressure of getting ready was  a lot for me after just one year before having a serious bout with depression.

I remember the support I had received from so many of my friends. When I shared with them the pressure I was under and was honest with them about my  fears and insecurities about being in this show, they prayed for me, encouraged me and sent me some of the most wonderful emails.I  was so encouraged by my friends who not only prayed for me but also came.  I especially enjoyed one of my room mates from college, Donna who came with her family.

The painting yesterday, and this one I just found today were in the show. . . and coming up, I'll post a few more paintings that were there as well, one of which won a special award! This one below, didn't win an award, but is a pretty red tree.   I painted this at VAL right after I was coming out of my depression Pit mentioned earlier.... It was kind of like therapy to just hit the canvas with a brush full of red paint  I said before how much I LOVE  red.  It is kind of a modern picture,  not what I usually paint,  but it was fun to do and such a cheerful bright spot in the display.  This painting was also a part of the Pride and Prejudice display at Greater Lewisville Community Theater.

Red Tree
by Cheryl Harris White
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24"