"Choke Cherry Branch 2" 12 x 12 Acrylic on Canvas (Framed)

This is the second choke cherry painting. I've been working on it for most of the week, taking breaks from it every now and then. I already had the second frame and canvas that is the same size as the first and thought it would be nice to paint another one by extending the branches out further. What I like about these two paintings is how your eyes want to scan the whole image and looking into the depth between each branch and a thought, if I wanted to, I could go all out by adding more 12 x 12 branch paintings and eventually do the whole bush! HA!  That might look real cool, but a lot of work. I may consider that at a later time, for now I'm satisfied with how it turned out.  Enjoy!

"Choke Cherry Branch" 12x12 Acrylic on Canvas (Framed)

Just a little over a month ago, my husband and I and two of our friends, went out on a day trip to the Sheep River Valley. We made several stops to admire the views and take some pictures. It was a nice warm sunny day and the Fall colors hadn't really started yet, everything was still green. As we all walked along the banks of the Sheep River, I came up to a cluster of Choke Cherry shrubs. I thought they were beautiful because I liked how the little red berries made a nice contrast against the green leaves. Naturally, I took a picture of it. A couple of weeks ago, I formed an art group which meets to paint together weekly in a rented Studio space.  Last Sunday was our first painting session as a group and as anxious as I was, I was having some difficulties deciding what to bring with me to paint for my first session. Earlier in the day, I noticed the picture I took of the Choke Cherry shrub among other photos, just lying off to the side on my drafting table all this time. I guess I had forgotten about it. I took it with me to the Studio. Sure glad I did, I think it turned out well.