Hope Springs Eternal Painting

Please contact me and allow time for this painting to ship as I am currently in France. Mixed Media on Canvas Newsprint, Charcoal & Acrylics 30 x 40 inches This is another piece that came out a few months after I lost my house and all my possessions during the California Valley Fire disaster in Lake County on September 12th, 2015. It was birthed at a friends' house while inspired by the incredible beautifully of densely forested Humboldt County, during a particularly wet El Nino winter. The contrast that rain and greens offered after experiencing such intense summer heat, fires, ashes and desolation everywhere was very welcomed - even if a bit drastic, and almost as shocking for the system. So the title of this piece seems rather appropriate to me in its many possible interpretations... Inspired by the incredible beauty of many unique forests all over the world, I have painted and sold many of these tree paintings since 2004. The original idea of using newsprint came from an "ecological desire" to challenge myself to reuse the "free-Oakland-neighborhood" newspapers I received every week but hadn't asked for... "Returning the paper to the trees" became my humble attempt to pay homage to these magnificent "beings" that sustain our life in many ways. I may not paint trees for a while, but I seem to eventually come back to them, again and again and again... Each final painting surprises me in its utter uniqueness as if it was for the first time. Each has a particular mood and a set of colors that appeal to the imagination of a nature-lover day-dreamer like me, and hopefully like you too... Hope springs eternal (in the human breast). Prov. People will continue to hope even though they have evidence that things cannot possibly turn out the way they want. Sometimes used to remark that you believe someone's situation is hopeless. People will keep on hoping, no matter what the odds. This expression was coined by Alexander Pope (An Essay on Man, 1732) and quickly became proverbial. "Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed: The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come." – Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:40 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in

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