c2014: Wallis's Bare Tree Canopy Painting

Wallis; Family Archive; wallis_tree_painting_201x.jpg; Tree Painting; Silhouette; Landscape Art; Art Studio; Painting Class; Bare Branches; Easel; Acrylic Painting; © 2026 Walker Webb Watson 1951; · 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

An indoor photograph of an acrylic or oil painting resting on a tabletop wooden easel in an art studio setting. The painting, created by Wallis, features a stark silhouette of numerous bare, dark brown tree trunks and twisting branches reaching upward toward the sky. The background transitions from a bright yellow glow at the horizon line near the bottom center to a light blue and white swirled sky above. Paint-smudged art supplies, paper plates serving as palettes with vibrant blobs of yellow, blue, and purple paint, and the edge of a paintbrush container are visible around the base of the easel.