"Looking at the Possibilities", © 2014 Sheryl Karas |
The subject matter for this painting is the "City of Trees," the slogan for Chico, CA where we currently live. When my partner Paul and I first moved here we didn't actually intend to stay. Long story, but we didn't choose this place, fate did. At the time I painted this, the two of us tended to stand together (two trees) but apart from our surrounding landscape and community, constantly exploring the options we had: stay, flee, or who knows what. We're still here. It's been five years now and we really do love the landscape.
The original is acrylic on canvas, 24" by 18".