Patience ... Painting

This piece came to me in two parts. I created the intial center canvas and it felt empty. Filled with color and still it felt naked. Day after day passed and it just didnt sit right with me. One day in passing a vision of what i wanted popped into my head. I proceeded to add the black on top of the colored panel. Alas, it still it cried out for more. It was lonely and it looked that way to me. So I sat the Canvas in my studio for a few days. When I went to it a week later I realized that it was on top of two blank canvases of the same size. It had found its missing parts and sat waiting for me to come back. I began to add color to the other two pieces and then after putting them side by side the black outlinea just connected themselves. The piece was always there, it just needed to help me find its way to the world. As frustrated as I had become in that center panel It was just trying to tell me something. Life has a funny way of helping you find its way for you. i realized that It was telling me exactly what I needed to find. The patience of a redwood to make it whole. This work is three 12x24 panels side by side. The background is a multi layer color splash that chose its own final path. The tree then grew into the panels and finally was accepted in black oil. It has been varnished with a satin coating to protect the watercolor.