Materials: Mixed media
Measurements: 156cm x 130cm 
 
This is why I painted this image:
 
While walking along a trail in the Blue Mountains, I was delighted to come across a tree with a smaller tree nestled alongside it. The two trees together, one large and the other way smaller struck me as endearing, almost as if the larger tree were a mother caring for her child.
 
I perceived this as a touching scene which sparked my imagination, and I knew it was the perfect inspiration for my next painting, "Mother and Child." Although the tree I encountered wasn't an Angophora tree , I chose to paint one because I find these trees to be particularly feminine, with their unique lumps and curves, and I do love the terracotta trunk. Here is my vision brought to life in this artwork. I hope you enjoy it.
 
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