My paintings are portraits of trees that have inspired me. Nearly life-sized, each painting presents an allegorical view of an individual tree. Primary elements in the paintings are tree trunks, the surrounding atmosphere, and their interior essence. Scars of lost limbs and forms created through decay and adaptation reveal their unique histories made over very long lives. Smooth bark displays shadows from the exterior world while rough bark alludes to inner growth and struggle. Some exist in a golden atmosphere suggesting the infinite while others appear to be posed in a portrait studio or seen standing against a blue sky. Each painting is oil on 5′ x 3’ stretched canvas. Their titles refer to the location where they live.
Austin Rd, 2020, Oil on canvas, 36 x 60 
Highland Park, 2020, Oil on canvas, 36 x 60 
Sinclair Trail, 2020 Oil on canvas, 36 x 60 
McCarren Park, 2020 Oil on canvas, 36 x 60 
Huntington Park, 2019, Oil on Canvas, 36 x 60 
Portage Park, 2020, Oil on Canvas, 36 x 60 
Stone Dam, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 36 x 60 
Jack Bridge Road, 2020, Oil on Canvas, 36 x 60 
Alma Hill, 2020, Oil on canvas, 36 x 60 
Hermitage Rd, 2021, Oil on canvas, 60 x 36 
Central Park, 2019, Oil on canvas, 60 x 36 
Graves Rd., 2021, Oil on canvas, 60 x 36 
Waikoloa, 2021, Oil on canvas, 60 x 30 
East Avenue, 2022, Oil on canvas, 60 x 30 
St. Paul Cemetery, 2023, Oil on canvas, 60 x 36 
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, 2022, Oil on canvas, 60 x 36 
Shongo, 2023, Oil on canvas, 5ft x 3ft 
Neptune Park, 2023, oil on canvas, 5ft x 3ft
Amanda Parry Oglesbee 