Autumn Cottonwood, Oil 4x6 on Masonite

I hadn't painted in a while and had planned on doing a whole autumn/winter series of paintings before christmas. Life gets in the way sometimes. This is of a Cottonwood in the autumn, and is one of three in my backyard. Though it isn't my favorite type of tree, I thought the colors were nice. The leaves on mine have since changed and fallen, and we have actually had some major snowfall in the desert recently. This is from a photo I took in November and painted in my studio between layers on my portraits of my kids for the grandparents. Note: Portrait update coming soon!!