Yet another painting I turned into a holiday card.

[NCarolinawoman]

I brought this over from the artists site.

Canvas and acrylic paints. My palette was limited to mostly paynes gray and chromium oxide green.

I’d always wanted to do my own version of “Bringing Home the Tree”.

The background is the Great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina. My brother, however, was bringing a tree to my mother’s home in Raleigh where there was no snow on the ground. The clouds and sunset are taken from photos from the same area. I used a photo of a Victorian home I found in a real estate ad in my local newspaper. The bird feeder is my own.

[livetohike]

1. That's absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[DawgHouse]

2. You are so talented!

Do you ever sell your art?

[NCarolinawoman]

11. Yes, I do. Although some I give away to people who I have been

very close to in my life. My Veterinarian will be getting something soon. Oh, my brother already has "Bringing Home the Tree".

[roguevalley]

3. wow. I wish I could do that. Keep painting. You have so much talent and what a great thing

with the red, two places where the gaze is directed. It looks like Montana.

[NCarolinawoman]

8. Well, that red hat really stand out! LOL

[Tobin S.]

4. K&R

[MerryBlooms]

5. Beautiful! I love it!!

Merry Christmas!

[NCarolinawoman]

10. and a Merry Christmas to you, MerryBlooms!

[femmocrat]

6. Beautiful!

Thanks for sharing.

[NCarolinawoman]

12. and I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[TuxedoKat]

7. Beautiful work

Didn't you do a Halloween drawing too? Love your work!!!

[NCarolinawoman]

9. Yes, It's the second one down in my journal. The one where my mother

posed for me in a rain hat and I put a point on it. She was a friendly witch.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Very nice painting, but I can't help thinking ...

"%#@& it, let 'em get their own tree."

Maybe you shouldn't have made the hill so steep.