Carol Kucera Studio Gallery
New Art for A New Century
IN PRAISE OF TREES
Trees are amazing! They give us comfort, shelter, a place to play, and a place to gather with loved ones. Over the years they tirelessly sustain us in joy and grief, marking our milestones and carrying forth our memories into the next generation. When responsibly harvested, their wood, as beautiful and varied as their leaves and blossoms, furnish us with home and hearth, extending their reach into our daily lives.
'In Praise of Trees' is a celebration of the many ways trees enhance our lives. These works combine paintings reflective of the essence or trees with actual wood, carefully selected to bridge artistic abstraction and reality. I asked Cindy Dick to join me in producing this collection by applying her ability to reveal the hidden beauty of the wood. She has done so masterfully.
Carol Kucera
The beauty of wood...
Every piece is unique. Every piece has taught me something. The beauty unveiled itself as I moved through the sanding grits: 50, 80, 120, 220, 320, 400, 600. Each one revealed more colors, patterns and mystery. Wood lives on through artwork, its inner beauty able to be enjoyed by the beholder for generations.
Cindy Dick
Images not to scale


A Light in the Forest Acrylic on canvas
on Baltic birch board, Spalted Hackberry
24"x15.25" $1150

Abandoned Beach Acrylic on watercolor paper on stretched canvas Weathered wood
13.75 X14" $900

Flower Wood Acrylic on canvas on Baltic Birch board Sycamore 12"x14" irreg. $700

Bridge (joined diptych) Acrylic on canvas Poplar
46"x28.5" $4700

Sky Wood Acrylic on canvas, Spalted hackberry
24"X 40" $3300

Story Wood Acrylic on canvas, Spalted Hackberry
20"x36" $2800

Sun, Wood and Water Acrylic on canvas on board Aromatic cedar 28.5"x22" $2000
Wood Work Acrylic and collage
on canvas Willow acacia 20"X14"
$1100



More Precious than Gold Acrylic on canvas, Mesquite 16"x28"x3" $1700
Wintertide Acrylic on canvas, Prismacolor, Mesquite
34"x34" $3800
Guardian Eagle Acrylic on canvas
Mesquite 40"X32"X2.5" $5500


Flaxen Wood Acrylic on canvas Mesquite 14"X30" $1800 / $1400

Gate Tree Acrylic on canvas
Mesquite 33"X 30"X 2.75" $4500
Golden Wood Acrylic on canvas Mesquite 16"X34"X2.5" $2100

Ghost Wood Acrylic on canvas Mesquite
20"X26"X2.5" $2000


Desert Wood Acrylic on canvas Mesquite 28"X12" $1400

Fog Forest Acrylic on canvas Redwood burl 18"X30" $2000
Rain Wood Acrylic on canvas Mesquite
34"X20"X2.5" $2500

Nest Acrylic on canvas on board Redwood burl 24"X26" $2200

Seasonal Swing Acrylic on canvas on board
Redwood burl 21"X24" $1800


Wood Block Acrylic on canvas on board
Red Oak 27"X 9.5"X 2" $1000
Ring-span Acrylic on canvas
Redwood burl 32"X16" $1900

Sun Wood Acrylic on canvas on board
Aromatic cedar 11"X10" $600

Sand Wood Acrylc on canvas on board
Aromatic cedar 12"X12" $700

Sea Wood Acrylic on canvas o n board
Aromatic cedar 12"X11" $650
