Nerves are setting in while painting the final touches on the Eastern white pine illusion. This is when I’m inclined to work quickly to finish, but I have to slow my roll, steady my hand, and make wise decisions, lest I ruin the whole thing. At the end, getting next to stand behind the tree I once planted made me feel so fulfilled. And even more so knowing that I had a beautiful painting of it too, since I planted it before I began my color matching journey. The tree has grown a lot in the last