Commission Preview: “Hemlock” 40 x 40

The origin for the title and one of the focal points of this recently completed commission (currently out for preview),comes from a farm a couple miles from the studio. The house and barn sits along the side of Spring Road, flanked with stone walls, and a huge 60-acre meadow that extends out about half a mile to the distant ridgeline. I drive by this farm every day, and for a couple years now have noticed a small hemlock growing a hundred-or-so yards into the meadow. Somehow, as the meadow is mowed each fall, this little tree has been spared, either by chance, or intentionally. “Hemlock” 40 x 40