Completed painting of “Stacy’s Tree”
Reference Photo for Stacy’s Tree
I took a short break yesterday from painting Ball Parks to paint one of my favorite trees in my neighborhood. I have taken several photos of this Weeping Cherry over the years thinking I would paint it and just never took the time. But yesterday I made myself paint it because I want to give it to Stacy, whose tree it is. Stacy was a life saver to me a few weeks ago when I couldn’t walk because of my knee. She’s a physical therapist and wonderful neighbor. On the day that my knee pain was the worst and I didn’t know what to do she took out time from walking Willie, her cattle dog, to look at my problem; talk me through what I should do; and even went home and brought back crutches for me to use. And then over the course of the next several weeks while I was hobbling around she checked on me to make sure I was making good progress. She was such a BIG help and made me feel as if I were not going crazy. So today when I return her crutches I wanted to give her something to say thanks. I thought this little painting might be good. I call it Stacy’s Tree. It’s an acrylic on canvas measuring 6″x8″.
Susan’s Weeping Cherry Tree is an oil on canvas measuring 16″x20″. I was commissioned by one of my very best collectors to do this painting of the tree in front of her house. So a few weeks ago I went out to her beautiful home and took some photos of the tree. Of course, it wasn’t blooming at the time so I had to be a little creative with the painting. That is the great thing about painting, you can put in or leave out whatever you want to when you are working with a photo.
This is the reference photo that I used for Susan’ painting. 
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