Deindustrialization - Surreal Landscape Painting cat This tree has stood up

This tree has stood up to everything that it has experienced over the years and remains straight and tall

I knew as soon as I looked at the central black shape in this painting that it would have to do with the Underworld

Breaking through to higher realms--how do you know when you are really ascending and when you are just kidding yourself

but dark doesn't mean no one is up and about

Deindustrialization - Surreal Landscape Painting cat This tree has stood upWhen things break down, other things step in. That's what this painting is about. For me, having seen a lot of abandoned industrial sites, one of the things that seems important powerful, in a quiet way is how nature reclaims these areas, whether they are old factories or burial sites of toxic wastes. The plants move in and take over, and by extension, I think the animals and people move in and begin the process of healing. This is something that