Walnut Tree For The Forager and written in an inviting

and written in an inviting and approachable way

Are you a corporate lackey trapped under fluorescent lights and a drop-tile ceiling

seed heads and foliage

from ancient Chinese and Ayurvedic principles to the Latin American curanderismo lineage and Gullah Geechee practices in the American South

or seamlessly combine with a grouping of flowers for floral arranging

Walnut Tree For The Forager and written in an invitingOil on panel 12 x 8 1 2 A Plein Air study painted at an abandoned farm These paintings are edited out of a large group of studies and stream of consciousness, pieces Ive done over the years. All are original, one of a kind oil paintings on primed archival panels, ready to hang or be framed. On occasion these studies have been used to create larger paintings, but more often they are simply a moment in time captured in paint. Patrick Ruane