“I don’t think there’s anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that’s because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that’s such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life.”
Tall Tree of Life Painting White and dark Brown Super Textured and Detailed Branches 3D Wall Art Sculpted by Nathalie Van 36×12
“Tall Tree of Life” is the title of this beautiful Original Acrylic Tree of Life Painting. The background of the painting is painted in a soft light beige or cream color. The tree has lots of knots in the wood and is painted in complementary shades of dark and light browns to show …
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“Tall Tree of Life” is the title of this beautiful Original Acrylic Tree of Life Painting. The background of the painting is painted in a soft light beige or cream color. The tree has lots of knots in the wood and is painted in complementary shades of dark and light browns to show off the texture of the wooden branches. This painting is framed in a white contemporary aluminum frame. This work of art is created in a new technique developed by artist Nathalie Van. The tree is sculpted and painted in a 3D detailed method which is super unique and non-repeatable. This is a one of a kind painting.
Please see the photos for all the details and this video on youtube to see the texture better.
This painting measures 12″ wide and 36″ tall and is painted on a 1″ deep canvas with very thick impasto texture. The frame brings the size to 14.5″ wide and 38″ tall and 2″ deep. I developed the medium for the tree trunk texture myself and it’s not something anyone has done as far as I know. I tried to achieve a realistic tree texture in the painting including all the knots and holes in the wood that you would find in nature. You will really want to run your fingers along the branches to feel the amazing detail! This is oneofakind wall art, maybe a great Christmas gift?
The painting is ready to mail out right away.
Tree of Life With Phoenixes & Wherever Light Is
These 2 paintings are quite different from each other, but I’m sharing them together because I painted them at the same time as commissioned pieces–one made for a mother and the other for her daughter.
Tree of Life With Phoenixes is a new iteration of my previous painting, “Tree of Life” which I made way back in 2008 as a commissioned piece for a friend.
Here is the previous painting:
And here is “Tree of Life With Phoenixes,” 2021:
My client wanted the same theme–the Tree of Life flanked by two flying phoenixes.
But she wanted the image stretched out horizontally to be 60″ across–a very large-scale piece!
She also wanted the colors to be a bit more earthy.
The symbolic themes in this painting are fitting as we go through another cycle of winter holidays, on the edge of a new year.
The Tree of Life: The interconnectedness of all life on Earth. Universal wisdom. A link between the physical and the mythical. Inspiration and growth.
The phoenix: Eternal rebirth and cyclical renewal.
The second piece, made to the daughter’s specifications, is one of my paintings on a live edge slab.
She loved my previous painting from last year, “Sunflower With Rain.”
So, based on that previous painting, I created a background with similar colors and long drips of paint, and took the same sunflower from my previous painting, but I flipped it, stretched it, and gave it two leaves instead of three, to fit the tall and narrow shape of this live edge slab better.
This painting is organically framed by the unpainted wooden edges of this slab.
I left the most beautiful features of the wood grain exposed, working the natural details of the wood into the designs of the artwork.
My client also requested I add specific text into the painting, part of this quote by Helen Mirren:
“I don’t think there’s anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that’s because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that’s such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life.”
I painted the text using an acrylic paint pen.
These paintings were both fun and interesting projects. I love creating new artwork that revisits previous themes I have painted, but doing it in a new way.
