Hello Everyone!  Last time I talked about working on a painting.   This painting began during a visit to the mountains, although I didn’t know it as such then.   It all started with the tree. Then, slowly, a painting formed in my head, accompanied by the beginnings of a story.  After a fair amount of prep work,  I was ready to paint.  After our last visit to the Sierra Mountains, I added the final touches to the picture.   The beginning in 2020 and the ending in 2024 both came from the mountains.