Connection Painting

The tree of life, the tree of knowledge, the tree of paradise. Trees have always been important for people. People came from the forest. Trees protected, nourished, warmed, healed, became tools and symbolized the power and energy of nature. They were as the pillars between heaven and earth. And who has not felt in a beech forest as in a temple of nature. The forest, the trees make our planet green and blue. I have always painted trees in the garden where I grew up, in the grove where I walked as a child, on my trips south and north. I have always admired their life-affirming beauty. The tree is also a widespread symbol outside of Christian art: The annually renewing leaves refer to dying and rebirth. Its shape, with roots embedded in the earth and a crown associated with heaven, can become a symbol of the connection between earth and heaven.