TreeCraft Paintings
The Paths Less Traveled Collection
The forest lays its roots like a hidden staircase, inviting me to slow down and follow where it leads. With each step, I move deeper into the quiet strength that holds the land—and myself—together.
Fall
Original mixed media art work using layers of crushed leaves.
Like the many-armed goddess Durga, this ancient tree spreads its strength across the hillside, claiming its place without question...
Inspiration - Fall
Like the many-armed goddess Durga, this ancient tree spreads its strength across the hillside, claiming its place without question. Its roots reach wide and deep, twisting and layering over one another as they grip the earth, holding the slope above the quiet creek below. Exposed and powerful, they snake across the trail like the living veins of the forest. From this tangled foundation, the trunk rises perfectly still—straight, steady, and certain—standing as a silent guardian among the tall pines.
Artwork Details
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Size: 18"x 24” vertical stretched canvas
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Medium: - Oil
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Materials: Tree bark, crushed leaves, twigs, glue
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Inspiration: Fish Creek park trail
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Location: Fish Creek Park – behind Evergreen Bluffs
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Highlights: The highlight of this painting is the crushed leaves. I create them using a layered process: first I crush the leaves with a grinder or scissors. With the painting laid flat, I brush Mod Podge onto the desired areas and sprinkle the leaves on top, scraping away any excess. Then I add another layer of glue and sprinkle more leaves to build texture.
Summer
Original mixed media art balancing, sticks, leaves, bark in an ecosystem.
Inspiration - Summer
On paths less traveled, the forest reveals its quiet wisdom to those who slow down and listen. The trail winds endlessly through the trees, the tree roots rising like hidden stairways beneath your feet. The ground is alive with small treasures—leaves, needles, cones, and fallen branches—each one gathered by the insects, birds, and squirrels that call this place home. One tree alone holds a world of life, much of it unseen. The true power lies beneath the soil, where its roots anchor the earth while the trunk rises skyward—drawn upward by the quiet pull of the sun.
Artwork Details
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Medium: 16"x 20" – stretched canvas
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Medium: Oil
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Materials: Tree bark, sticks, crushed leaves, glue
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Inspiration: Fish Creek park trail
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Location: Fish Creek Park – behind Evergreen Bluffs
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Highlights: A careful balance between root-like sticks and crushed leaves and pine needles forms a dense miniature forest when viewed up close. A single piece of bark rises above the canvas, crowning the composition. In the distances 2 sticks are used to represent trees.
Winter
Original mixed media art work with bark, moss, sticks.
Inspiration - Winter
In winter, I am still drawn to the hidden paths the forest carries. I weave between the trees, their roots rising like a worn, uneven staircase beneath me. The forest gathers around, shielding me from the sharp wind like a living coat, holding warmth close to the earth. With fewer distractions, I become aware of every change—the silence where animals once moved, the slow surrender of leaves until only bare branches remain. In this stripped-back season, the bark reveals itself most fully, its texture deep and expressive, becoming the heart of this painting.
Artwork Details
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Medium: 16"x 20" - Oil painting
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Materials: bark, moss, sticks, pine needles
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Inspiration: Fish Creek park trail
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Location: Fish Creek Park – behind Evergreen Bluff
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Highlights; Winter and moss shaped this piece. Layers of sticks, leaves, and pine needles were built gradually, forming depth through texture. The crown was created from a single piece of bark, finished with subtle touches of moss.
Part of the TreeCraft Journal series — a curated exploration of nature, memory, and landscape storytelling.