The Tree of Life

I painted these for a Music and the Spoken Word message. It
aired on September 22, 2021. It talked about a girl who grew up
with a tree. At the beginning, when they planted the tree, it was
about as tall as she was.

The girl took care of the tree, and as she grew, the tree grew as well.

The story captures the life of the tree along with the girl, and how
they spent time together and were friends.

I enjoyed painting these. I had just finished painting "Katrina and the Madrone Tree,"
which was a children's book memoir of a similar girl with a similar relationship to a tree. 
You can see the illustrations for it in the "Pages" on the side bar.

I also loved that I got to use my daughters in the different age views
of the girl and the tree. I painted these during the pandemic, so it was 
great to take the whole family on a walk, and just enjoy playing in and being around trees.