Maple Leaf Oil Painting Size:8"x12" evoking the wide freedom of

evoking the wide freedom of the American Southwest in high summer

their countless green crowns rolling toward distant hills

suggesting sunshine filtering through a thicket

where soft drifts roll across the foreground in gentle sculpted mounds

Maple Leaf Oil Painting Size:8"x12" evoking the wide freedom ofA single maple leaf floats on the surface of dark, glassy water, its five points spread open and tinged with green, gold and rust. Concentric ripples spread outward from where it rests, distorting the submerged leaves and reflections beneath in liquid swirls. A few water droplets bead on the leaf's veined surface, catching tiny glints of light. The oil treatment gives the whole scene a deep, lacquered richness, every vein and ripple painted with