THE LOWRY-JAMES PINE TREE

Lowry-James Rare Books, at the corner of Anthes and First in Langley has, in its back yard, an interesting old long needled pine tree which sort of hangs out over the sidewalk. Its bark is very rough, scraggly and mossy. Right now it has these great bright, neon green/yellow upright cones that resemble long skinny pineapples. For day 5 of the Every Day in May Challenge we were to draw a pine tree or eucalyptus. The forest behind me is dense with fir, hemlock and cedar trees, but not a lot of pines. I chose to paint the Lowry-James tree instead. I love the way it looks, especially now with all the other spring colors around it.