#2647 "Singleton Roots on the Rock"

#2467 "Singleton Roots on the Rock"
11x14 inches canvas oil

There is not much soil on top of the marble ridge beside our home within the Singleton Sanctuary. The tree roots tend to crawl over the rocks looking for deep crevices where moisture, soil and snakes might be found. There are many hibernacula in the clefts of those rock and I encourage the snakes along with all of the other creatures that find those caves useful. 

Some roots follow the rock to the deep soils that border the ridge. These trees do not want to get too tall as the roots are not up to excessive wind force or strain. The moss was abundant on the north face of the rock and it was in no risk of being blown off the marble. The mix of colours and shapes are what attracted me to this painting. 

RGB Satellite Image Showing the clearing over Singleton
ahead of the cold front. 

Most of the trees on the horizon of the painting are on the south-eastern face of the marble ridge. Beauty abounds in nature if we only take the time to look and really see. 

I knew that the cold frontal rain was on the western horizon so I packed this image away for the next opportunity when time and weather made a Studio session more practical. 

I like to pick titles that can be somewhat humourous or endowed with multiple interpretations. This is a good example of that. I also try unsuccessfully to use titles that are unique and that I have not employed before. 

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