Friday, January 10, 2025

Tree Tops in Winter

Tree Tops in Winter

Tree Top Series 12-27-24


Recently I sketched a series of trees surrounding our house. I looked upwards to focus on the tops of the trees. I've posted the sketches here.

Tree Top Series 12-26-24


Twenty seven years ago, in 1998, many trees were destroyed throughout the area during a devastating ice storm. I remember seeing birch trees bending towards the ground. Robert Frost, in his poem, "Birches", writes..."Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells." Here is a link to the poem called Birches


Tree Top Series 12-24-24



Tree Top Series 12-23-24


Tree Top Series 12-22-24


Tree Top Series 12-21-24