Red Trees
garnered a good deal of attention the two times I showed it. One
admirer in Arizona likened it to Gauguin--a real compliment! Several
admirers mentioned an interest in the style, but desired a "landscape"
format: wider than tall. Furthermore, I had always been interested in
adding metallic pigments to the fundamental style of Red Trees, a Klimt
fusion with Gauguin. This painting was the first exploration into that
realm.