Here is “Brilliance.”
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In this painting, I re-visited the same group of trees that I painted in my previous painting “Branches Glowing.”
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I painted the previous painting, above, mostly with palette knives to give a rough, loose feeling with thick texture to the paint.
![](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Brilliance-detail-1-600x800.jpg)
In contrast, this iteration is more detailed and more refined, painted with small brushes to show the many crisscrossing branches and twigs.
![](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Brilliance-detail-2-600x800.jpg)
One of my favorite things to observe is the sun coming through the branches of trees in the forest, when it is directly behind the edge of a tree trunk.
![](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Brilliance-Studio-Insta.jpg)
The powerful light glowing around the edge of the tree makes it visually disappear into the light.
![](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Brilliance-2-Insta.jpg)
The smaller branches back-lit by the sun are lit up so brightly that they shine white.
![](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Brilliance-detail-4-Insta.jpg)
This painting is golden and warm, the yellow in the background creating a pleasing contrast against the cool lavender-gray of the tree trunks.
![](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Brilliance-3-Insta.jpg)
The small branches form interesting geometric shapes in the negative spaces between them.
![](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Brilliance-detail-3-Insta.jpg)
The vertical format of this painting makes it perfect to hang on a narrow wall as an elegant statement piece. It will bring a joyful, sunny feeling to any room.
![](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Brilliance-Cedar-Studio-Scale-426x800.jpg)
Contact me if you’re interested in the original or a print of this painting!