All trees have their own story.  They are beautiful and important to our changing world.

• Cedar of Lebanon tree in Rome, Italy is a thousand years old.
• Fairchild Oak and the Big Tree were planted by the early settlers to the United States.
• Redwood tree is thousands of years old.
• Mesquite tree was imported from Mexico for cattle feed.
• Eucalyptus tree at Fort Ross, California is the largest Eucalyptus tree in the world.
• Olive trees are an oil of choice for sustenance and ancient history.
• Banyan tree sprawls and angles over the land and provides shade.
• Poplar tree adds shade and color to the landscape.
• Apple trees are food and the blossoms are announcing spring.
• African Tulip, Poinciana/Flame and Jacaranda trees were imported to the Americas for color.
• Mimosa/Monkey Pod provide exotic woods.
• Cypress trees provide wind breaks.
• Oaks are sources of wood products, food and beauty ... "under the spreading oaks".

The following black and white watercolors are enlarged abstract details -- on canvas -- of the original Expressionistic style watercolors on paper shown above each of them.

You may click on any picture to see an enlargement.
(WC=Watercolor, Can=canvas  Measurements are in inches.)

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