Forest Elders
This is my newest picture. A larger version can be seen here. The tree trunks and a few background details are painted and the foliage at the top and bottom is all free motion machine embroidered.
It’s based on a scene from this hiking trail which doesn’t seem to have a name, which starts just to the north of the sports field off Panorama Drive in Port Moody. Quite dark and shady in there but with just enough sun coming through on a sunny day to make things interesting. It got muddy after a while so we quit! But not before getting a few photos of the sort of lace-like greenery that your average free motion machine embroiderer dreams of.