Mansion on the Hill , encaustic on wood , 10 x 10 inches , 2014
big tree .
It stands so tall . 185 feet , referred to as the big tree , a giant Douglas Fir . For over a hundred years it has stood like a sentry over my family home .
It was there for my father , it was there for his father and it was there for his father . We all climbed it at least once . I am the last . No one will climb the big tree again .