Friday in the Rainbow Forest
Friday in the Rainbow Forest. 30″ x 40″, Acrylic on Canvas, © 2019 Cedar LeeThe setting of this painting was inspired by the beautiful Columbia River Gorge, but it evokes the feeling of many similar beautiful natural locations.
![Friday in the Rainbow Forest painting by Cedar Lee: colorful sun and trees art](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-Product-2-1-800x800.jpg)
The two little people share a moment on a sun-warmed rock near the burble of flowing water, with warm sunshine streaming down all around them through a glorious forest.
![Art by Cedar Lee: colorful sun and trees painting](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-3.jpg)
A Feeling of Child-like Joy and Freedom
Every color of the rainbow is present in this landscape, which was so whimsically titled: “Friday in the Rainbow Forest” by my then-seven-year-old child, in the manner of the book titles of the Magic Tree House series.
![Artist Cedar Lee in the studio with colorful forest painting](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-cedar-studio-scale-2.jpg)
The image embodies a feeling of child-like joy and freedom.
![Close-up detail of people sitting on a rock in colorful painting](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-detail1.jpg)
It is easy to put ourselves in the place of the two small, anonymous figures and share in the moment.
![Close-up detail of Cedar Lee painting: Sun shining down on trees](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-detail2.jpg)
The sun fills the blue sky, its blinding light partially obliterating our view of a tall tree.
![Close-up detail of colorful brush strokes](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-detail3.jpg)
All the colors of the rainbow
Rainbows appear in the far-reaching rays of sunlight.
![Close-up detail of Cedar Lee painting: Sun shining down on trees](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-detail4.jpg)
![Close-up detail of Cedar Lee painting: Sun shining down on trees](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-detail5.jpg)
In the shadows of the woods, birds flit around, adding their musical calls to the scene.
![Colorful forest painting by Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-Product-1-1-800x800.jpg)
![Art by Cedar Lee: colorful sun and trees painting](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Friday-in-the-Rainbow-Forest-2.jpg)