After The Fall - Mixed Media Original Painting

After the Fall explores what remains when a season, a struggle, or a former version of oneself has passed. An ancient, bare tree rises through layers of turquoise, burnt orange, ochre, and luminous light, its sweeping branches reaching across an atmospheric field of scraped, weathered surfaces. At its base, a single fallen leaf rests on the ground—small but deliberate, marking the moment of release. The leaf has fallen, yet the tree remains: rooted, weathered, and reaching outward. Its bare branches reveal structure rather than absence, suggesting endurance through change and the quiet strength of what survives. Built through layered color, abrasion, and gestural mark-making, the surface carries traces of time and transformation. Behind the tree, a luminous opening creates a sense of passage—a space between what has ended and what is still becoming. After the Fall is part of ROOTED, a collection exploring trees as enduring vessels of memory, resilience, connection, and transformation.