Aaron Paquette Journal

In Quiet Wood
12" x 16"
Mixed Media on
Canvas

I Heard The Leaves Fall
9" x 12"
Mixed Media on
Canvas

I spent a good part of the last month out in the woods at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. There are places where it seems as if no man had ever come upon it, and the forest is still and silent and golden, the water a tapestry of still movement weaving into and over itself in unseen eddies and currents, the surface deceptively placid and calm. If you sit still enough, for long enough, the wildlife will reappear, but in this exact moment it feels as though you are alone with the wood and the wide world, golden light filtering through bough and branch kissing your face with soft fingertips of autumn warmth.