Oil on canvas, 24”x30”

I came across this scene while hiking in New York, looking up through the canopy and feeling completely wrapped in green. New York has the brightest, most vivid greens I’ve ever seen, especially in its trees. Where I live now is also surrounded by trees, and the air feels richer, cleaner, and alive.

This painting captures a peaceful moment, branches weaving across the sky, sunlight filtering through layer upon layer of leaves, with glimpses of blue peeking through and making the greens hum. The network of branches threads the surface, creating a composition that feels almost like stained glass, each shape defined yet alive, shifting with the wind.

It was just an ordinary walk in the woods until I slowed down and really looked up. Then it became extraordinary.

The best part of this painting’s story is that my sister, one of my biggest art supporters and an artist herself, owns the painting and hangs it in her art studio.

A quick selfie with the finished painting to celebrate.