Here is “Wind Swirl!”
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This circular painting is amazingly three-dimensional, pulling the viewer straight up into the dome of the sky. The extreme angles of the trees from this point of view give us an impression of their staggering heights.
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Up beyond the trees, you can sense the movement of the wind through the sky.
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I filmed a time lapse video of my painting process as I was creating this painting as well as my two recent paintings Blue Glow and Shine Down. You can watch all three of these paintings being created in less than 6 minutes here:
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In the foreground, the trees are lit up with warm yellow sunshine, some of the branches glowing almost white against the deep shadows of the forest behind them.
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The shifting clouds separate into long wispy strands as they are blown wildly across the arc of the sky.
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The trees are full of movement as well, so it appears that the curves of the branches are dancing in the breeze and the sunshine.
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This dynamic, three-dimensional painting of forest and sky is exciting and invigorating!
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