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"Enter a Wood" - acrylic on plywood, 28 x 56 x .75.  Ready to hang.  Available here and at Artfinder.

To enter a wood is to pass into a different world in which we ourselves are transformed. - ROGER DEAKIN, Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees.

​I've been transformed by the wood.  

Into and out of and through the forest, thoroughly and profoundly transformed by the trees.  A world far away and yet close to home.  Maybe the wood is also home now.

There is a sweet irony in this piece - painted on plywood, utilizing the wood texture from a planed tree to create....wood texture in trees.  It makes me grin. :).   Furthermore, it was painted entirely with a squeegee, rubber wedge and a spray bottle.  Embracing the play in art.

The bulk of this painting was created during the two weekends of Portland Open Studios, generally while wearing a dress (which also makes me grin!). I am expanding my wardrobe from paint pajamas to paint dresses - next up, paint formal wear!

Enter A Wood

A huge THANK YOU to all who came out for Portland Open Studios! I was overwhelmed and so touched by the heartfelt connections, positive comments and encouragement...and also by the number of paintings which found homes, connected with collectors and brought smiles and joy.  Holy macaroons!  An amazing event! 

La Maison Magnifique du Malarkey is now open by appointment - send an email and let me know when you'd like to stop by. Wonder Mike will be there to greet you!  
6 Comments
Dotty Seiter - 4 years ago
Lola! THANK YOU for this chance to enter a wood. I am just back from a week that included days in the wood of a West Virginia State Park, a park of hollers and hills and WOOD standing up tall everywhere, and now I am home but just walked right back into a wood of magnificence. aaaaaahhh.
lola (jen) - 4 years ago
Dotty! I can just see you in the hollers and hills and wood!!!!!! Kindred tree spirit!!
Carl - 4 years ago
What no Tu-Tu? I’m shocked I say.

Beautiful painting. And yes the language of trees and laughter of streams is wholly transformative.

Carl
lola (jen) - 4 years ago
Carl! Ha ha! The tutu - reserved for public speaking and time I need to put on my OUTRAGEOUS personality! And thank you....I am so loving the wood.
Carol Edan - 4 years ago
One of my best memories is walking through the woods, climbing Mt Moosilauke in NH about a mullion yrs ago. I smell the air and hear the bubbling of some mountain spring. Your wood is magical!
lola (jen) - 4 years ago
Carol!! What a magical experience that must have been! To still hear the bubbling spring and smell the air...it is the balm for all things!!

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