I Am Painting Trees

I am painting trees with facial features They are orange, pink, green, black…. Some with stripes Some with slashes Some plain I lie Plain does not fit into my schemata I want to paint a azure tree But if I paint a blue one it would clash with the sky. All of my trees so far have sky backgrounds And multi-colored leaves in silvers, reds, oranges, blues, purples. I love adding color on top of color - mostly neons. I dare not paint a face tree in blue though For one silly reason. How would that show up against a blue sky? A mermaid in a glass I am painting shows me her smile. She encourages me. I already tried a pink sky once, I tell her. And a lavender one. Both of those paintings were disappointments Every time I look at them I consider doing them over. She laughs at my predicament. I begin adding blue on top of blue to her canvas Experimenting with her Since she is the one Giving me the idea.