A Tree in New Orleans

16x20”
Acrylic on Canvas
2023
Available

What a special energy in this city.
Spanish moss and ferns hung from the tree,
branches spreading as wide as can be.
This tree has stories for centuries,
and if you listen, you can hear her speak
Children played around her roots that reached,
and in her low-hanging leaves.
I climbed her branches
So I could see
If I could feel her energy.

Painted while busking on Jackson Square, February 2023