October Sun on Cypress Oil Landscape Painting land Some wonderfully old beech trees

Some wonderfully old beech trees guard our local graveyards

Her connection to the Sephira Malkhut (the material world) is depicted on her back as a skyline

Here are the comments of the juror (Keiko Tanabe) on this painting: "The surprising effect of granulating pigment is used - and clearly manipulated - with great sensitivity to create a compelling and atmospheric result

The mystic is advised not to be fooled if it looks like the water is rushing past--it is really the mystic who is rising

That's what I tried to portray in this abstract oil painting

October Sun on Cypress Oil Landscape Painting land Some wonderfully old beech treesThe pale October sun greets this cypress in its cemetery home. I love how cypress bark gets all sorts of creases and folds, like it's recording history in its form. A crease starts and travels up the tree, becoming deeper, perhaps curving, and then shallower until it is melded into the trunk's shape, where it disappears from our view as it recedes into the tree's memory. To me, this is how history can impact any living being. This tree is great at