October Forest
by Beverley Harper Tinsley
Title
October Forest
Artist
Beverley Harper Tinsley
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
October Forest is a richly colored square format watercolor painting of a community of aspen tree trunks and branches, after most or all of the leaves have fallen for the year. The white bark, scarred and marked, shadowed and lit, patchily, and the almost stained glass effect of spots of sky and background viewed distantly between the trees.
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According to: https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/tree-profile-aspen-so-much-more-than-a-tree
One aspen tree is actually only a small part of a larger organism. A stand or group of aspen trees is considered a singular organism with the main life force underground in the extensive root system. Before a single aspen trunk appears above the surface, the root system may lie dormant for many years until the conditions are just right, including sufficient sunlight. In a single stand, each tree is a genetic replicate of the other, hence the name a “clone” of aspens used to describe a stand.
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Older than the massive Sequoias or the biblical Bristlecone Pines, the oldest known aspen clone has lived more than 80,000 years on Utah’s Fishlake National Forest. Not only is the clone the oldest living organism, weighing in at an estimated 6,600 tons, it is also the heaviest. Even if the trees of a stand are wiped out, it is very difficult to permanently extinguish an aspen’s root system due to the rapid rate in which it reproduces.
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Please visit: https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/tree-profile-aspen-so-much-more-than-a-tree for far more fascinating information about aspens, and also to support the National Forest Foundation that is helping to keep these trees healthy and thriving.
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October 10th, 2017
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Gull G
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” — Vincent Van Gogh 💖 Congratulations on your recent sale of this amazing Work!
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