CHESS-NUT TREE

CHESS-NUT TREE by Roopa Dudley (Sold!)

This was my first small scale concept painting of a Chess-Nut Tree. There was an upcoming art exhibit and the gallery owner asked all the local artists to turn in their artwork depicting 'Trees'. Before this painting, I don't recall ever painting trees. Since we had a few weeks before the show was put up, I decided to give it a shot just to challenge myself and see what happens.

I am not an en plein air artist and have never had an interest painting landscapes or other such scenes found in our natural world. So the only thing that popped in my head was this image. 

Soon the idea became clear and I created my next painting "Chess-Nut Forest" that you will see in my next blog. That was the painting I ended up turning in for the art exhibit. 

The lesson I learnt from this experience was that just because we have never planned on or thought about doing something before due to lack of interest in the subject, tackling a challenge with a curious imaginative eye and an open mind can turn any mundane experience into a fantastical adventure. This particular series became my best seller.