Black and White Tree Canvas Monet her large dark eyes calm

her large dark eyes calm and curious beneath a pair of tall

ambers and inky shadows pair handsomely with chocolate leather

Warmth for a room long after the real sun has gone down

leaving a molten band of yellow along the far horizon that silhouettes the tree's tangled branches and the line of fence posts running away to the left

its soft light spilling down in a shimmering silver ribbon that ripples across the still water

Black and White Tree Canvas Monet her large dark eyes calmA solitary, ancient tree dominates this composition, its gnarled trunk twisting upward before the canopy fans out across the top of the frame. Photographed from below in moody monochrome, the dense crown of leaves reads almost black against a swirling, marbled sky of pale grey and white. Bare lower branches reach sideways like fingers, their silhouettes crisp against the bright backdrop. The textured, painterly treatment of the background lends the