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Hawaii Garden Path and Gnarled Trees

Several gnarled trees with crooked, intertwining branches stand over a thick carpet of bright green shrubs. In the background on the right, a white bench sits beside a pale path. The whole scene has a saturated, painterly look, with swirling texture in the bark and leaves.

This piece offers the lush, saturated greenery of a tropical garden without the visual noise of a typical travel snapshot. The painterly texture transforms ordinary foliage and gnarled wood into a rich, tactile surface that holds up to close inspection. It satisfies the desire for a 'vacation feeling' in a finished room while providing enough structural interest (the twisting trunks) to anchor a large wall.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski