Ascending Birch Original Oil Painting I call this piece 'Metanoia'

I call this piece 'Metanoia' (Ancient Greek: 'Change your mind') to honor the symbolism of seasonal change as a call to journey inward towards our true selves

As the days were beginning to grow longer and the temperatures warmer

The scene reminded me of the following poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1897)

Description: Life is full of struggles and disappointments

which took the form of a gargantuan line of trees

Ascending Birch Original Oil Painting I call this piece 'Metanoia'Description: This is a painting of a Paper Birch that grows right along the sidewalk leading from the Gooseberry Falls S. P. interpretive center to the lower falls along the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. I was really enthralled with the beauty of this tree, including its grandeur and the play of light as it shone across the textured surface. I resonated with the spiritual essence and wisdom of this tree, and I tried to capture that