You certainly made the tree look outstanding in the painting Gary. I really like the way you painted the van as well. Great job with the atmosphere in the AARP painting. The eye gets sucked all the way back. Love the backlighting in the sky and you did a fantastic job with the figure and dog.

Charming small paintings.

Great work, Gary! I had to laugh at the name of the first one, especially after your description! I have one of those in my front yard thanks to my wife not letting me pull it up many years ago. It was growing in the same place where we lost an oak tree thanks to a storm, so she made me leave it. Now it drops berries and leaves all over the driveway constantly. The leaves aren’t bad, but beware parking under it when the berries begin to fall. A problem compounded by the birds eating the berries and roosting in the tree. A car left over night is peppered the next morning.

Randy

Nice lighting. In particular, I see that you incorporated some green into the low sky. On another WC thread, some of us were discussing that phenomenon, although in a slightly different context.

Gary, I love how you lay down your paint. You seem to know exactly what you want to achieve and the results are always super. The tree in the first rightly deserves centre stage and I always love to see your vehicles.

I love the light in the sky in the second and the varied fg, set against those dark trees. That dog looks determined to take it’s owner for a walk!

Gary: that van is amazingly painted. The color and values are spot-on.
These are very nice.