Stained Glass Tree

This tree began its artistic journey standing in an old orchard (now a city park) as it had done for years.  While a beautiful tree with full foliage, its personality really shined in the winter, because of its incredible complexity of branches and twigs.

When I shot this photo I thought the tracks in the snow of children sledding in the park established a certain "brittle texture" to the image.  This caused me to turn the tree into a tinkling display of stained glass shards between the branches and twigs.

This image is displayed in my home at a framed size of about 25"x20", and never fails to get comments from our guests.

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