Ascending Birch (Flat Greeting Cards) Original Oil Painting as I will always carry

as I will always carry the natural beauty of the state and my love for friends and extended family with me wherever I go

The tree has endured tornados

sculpted by life’s erosional winds and seismic shifts

in anxious anticipation

Despite the relatively deep snowdrifts presenting some fun challenges along the way

Ascending Birch (Flat Greeting Cards) Original Oil Painting as I will always carryDescription: This is a painting of a Paper Birch that grows right along the sidewalk leading from the Gooseberry Falls S. P. interpretive center to the lower falls along the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. I was really enthralled with the beauty of this tree, including its grandeur and the play of light as it shone across the textured surface. I resonated with the spiritual essence and wisdom of this tree, and I tried to capture that