This is the time of year when we bring evergreens into the house, honoring the green we’ve lost with the change of season. We love the smell of evergreens, pine scent wafting around in our closed houses. I love that.

But I also love the deciduous trees, standing bare out in the cold, magnificent sculptures that tower around us. They speak of loss. They are stripped bare in the coldest, darkest part of the year. They also hold promise, all the colors of spring, all the air we breathe, all the shade we crave in summer — all will be resurrected from these stark giants as the planet turns closer to the sun.

I’ve been sketching and have now started painting these winter trees.

What do you think?

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