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This old gnarled tree in a nearby park is happy to let the kids swing and play around it. The park is located in a forest next to a fjord near Bergen, Norway. The ground is covered with a soft reddish bark. I sketched the tree this summer and brought it back to the studio to do the painting, using the sketch and a photo for reference. First I painted the trees and foreground, then used a palette knife to add the sky and the bits of the water that can be seen through the all the leaves.
