The Red Tree House
Original by: Claude Chapdelaine
Title: The Tree House
Year: 2014
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 12"x12"x1" canvas with black lacquered wood frame
Price: $0
Status: Sold to private collector
I like the idea of tree houses. I'd have to say the first time I really got the notion that it would be lots of fun to live in trees was when I was about 7 years old after watching old Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan.
The notion of wanting to live in the woods eventually disappeared and I envisioned moving out of the small town and living instead in a city, to roam and play in the urban jungle. And tree houses, like bird houses stayed as part of my wonderment.
I had sketched the house before I sketched the tree. I wanted it to be the focal point even though I feel the trees branch have a strong hold on the house like a captive. I used a medium black water based marker to draw the picture on a 10x10 inch canvas.
As the series of photos below show, I applied acrylic paint to first; the tree, the house, the background sky, and the leaves. I found the blue/violet background a bit too somber so I applied a light shade of green to invoke the presence of foliage without having to detail more leaves.
