One Tree Hill

Painted yesterday at the Rominger farm in Winters, CA.  We were taken to a hill that overlooked the entire world.  It was spectacular.  The hills were like huge moguls and were green from the the recent rain.  One can look across the vista to the city of Sacramento (just behind the tree on the hill).  It was a bird's eye view.  I had an urge to ride a motorcycle across all of these wonderful cushy hills similar to skiing down a mountain.

Plans changed from the muddy marsh to the top of a parking garage. I thought it would be a great change from our usual perspective; a true bird's eye view of things. It turned out to have a rather narrow window since a high railing surrounds the structure wall. The trees are not in bloom but there sure are a lot of branches to look through.

This is my sanitized painted version of the above scene. It was a very grey day with rare peeks of sun. I liked the challenge painting a quiet grey morning in winter. I doubt that you would be able to see anything, when the trees bloom and are covered with leaves.