Tree + House

Treehouse's will always be a favorite subject of mine, influenced by a mixture of love of Swiss Family Robinson as a kid and our own treehouse in our backyard. I never really paid much attention to trees as a kid, they were just there for me to read in, climb in, make forts in, but now as a artist they are my favorite subject.

Here is a special treehouse painting my mom commissioned of their house in Norfolk. Digging though my family photos this was the best photo I could find of our house (look at me and my Easter dress!).

My main focus was to really transform the whole house into a tree with my mom's studio upstairs and my dad's woodworking shop at the bottom. We've spent so much time on the porch, meeting friends, taking family photos, it is really one of my favorite parts of the house.

My main focus was to really transform the whole house into a tree with my mom's studio upstairs and my dad's woodworking shop at the bottom. We've spent so much time on the porch, meeting friends, taking family photos, it is really one of my favorite parts of the house.

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Another treehouse commission I did recently was for a clients Mom and her wonderful backyard and porch area. Modeled after the familys actual home I tried to retained the look and feel of the house, while still transforming it into the tree structure.

I love seeing where people enjoy hanging out and relaxing after a long day, and the backyard was definitely one of those place's. There were wonderful touches everywhere with birdfeeder's and flower beds. Judy, who the painting was for, is a fellow blogger. Check out her site - Through my Garden Window!