and each time I almost can hear him call,
"Paint me, paint me!"
So today we met each other and you can see he could tell a long story,
if he could, ... Glad we met.

"Ik, ik sta nogsteeds." Velp, Holland.
(I, I still standing.) Oil on panel.
24 x 30 cm.
The tree must be very satisfied with the result. Hopefully you two stay together for a long, long time.
ReplyDeleteHe is lovely! They talk to me like that sometimes too, I have been considering therapy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a noble tree! Wonderful painting...so bright and really cheerful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a majestic-looking tree! I think it's a fine portrait.
ReplyDeleteGreat painting, beautiful tree along with one those famous Dutch skies.
ReplyDeleteThis one is really great!! Such a "majesteuze" (don't know the word in English) tree deserved to be painted!
ReplyDeleteyou silly tree hugger you!
ReplyDeletemooi gedaan jochie
You make me jealous. I wish I had some trees like that around here. What a great subject and what a nice painting of it!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for the nice comment,
ReplyDeleteit's much appreciated!
I not having a relationship with trees Dick, but I guess you mean it well.
I will consider it Splynch, but it doesn't bother me, ... yet.
Thanks Erin.
It painted itself Leslie, I guess that the tree helped a bit.
Thanks Erik, those skies are difficult these days they come and go sooo fast, and everything changes with them.
Thanks Brigitte,
They aren't that much around are they?
Hehehe Rob, did you know Holland has even a big old tree in Nijmegen with a real postal address, ...
Ever thought about Bonsai's Keith?
Lovely job!
ReplyDeletedeze is mooi. Heel goed schilderij, de majesteuze boom komt goed over.
ReplyDeletegood that you listened to the tree!
ReplyDeleteGreat work,inspire so much silence and large open space!