"Owl & Tree"  

24 x 18 inches oil on canvas

Original for sale

About a five minute drive from my studio, along the grand river, I came across these two trees. Twisted and contorted I found their shape rather abstract and appealing. As I stood looking at this scene, I was struck by the space between the trees.  

The space looked to me like a portal into the rural scene beyond. Strange as such a perception might seem, it is intriguing to note that since I painted this landscape the trees have weathered into stumps and the city of Waterloo has grown and begun to encroach upon this rural setting. This painting now becomes a portal of a kind, a portal into the past.