The Intimate Forest

A Celebration of the Beauty of Nature in Oil Paintings by Harlan

One Red Leaf

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Normally when I'm walking in Fall I am accustomed to admiring the colorful leaves in bunches. Forests tend to shed their leaves in great piles of glorious color. I was delighted when I happened upon this one leaf caught in the break of an old rotting log and bathed in sunlight. I rarely place a focal point so obviously in the center of my paintings but that seemed most appropriate for this particular subject.