Robert’s Tree
In 2021, I attempted to grow bonsai trees. One of the trees was going to honor my grandfather’s memory. I was going to make a miniature scene with a grandfather and grandson fishing under the tree. It was all about the memories of my late grandfather, Robert Marine, and I fishing when I was a small boy. The tree eventually died and all I had left were photographs of the tree. So I decided to paint the tree from those photos and then gave it to my grandmother as a gift.
Bonsai
This was an attempt to paint something that did not actually exist in the real world. This bonsai tree only existed in my own imagination. At the time, I was trying to grow bonsai. Although all of my trees have since died, this painting of one that never existed still remains.