Standing Firm

This was painted recently during a "spring snow storm". It is a very large tree just up the road from my Studios North, in Ashfield, Ma and represents for me the strength of spirit, (the inner glow), and harkens back to the symbolic landscapes of the German Romantic painter Casper David Freidrich. It is particularly significant during this time of "Shelter in Place", where we are faced with unseen forces of nature and must draw upon our own inner resilience to stay present and connected - to Stand Firm.