I never tire of looking at the tall pines behind my house. During the summer, I often set up my plein air easel and paint on my deck. This view was one of my first studies when doing this. I love the shafts of light that flicker on the tree trunks, and I have tried to catch the view at different times of day as the light changes. How easily we become so familiar with the beauty around us that we fail to notice.
