Oak and Barn
Pastel on aluminum oxide paper
Image size: 8.5 in x 11 in
Location: Morgan Hill, CA (2006)


What I liked about this scene was the man-made barn with rusty metal roof and weather-beaten boards. The Johnson ranch had been a working ranch at one time. Once the oak tree had been small; maybe started from an acorn buried by squirrels. Now the oak had grown tall and strong. It was outliving the man-made building, and it will go on living long after the building gives way and falls.