I always felt something special visiting the Hermitage Palace or Hermitage Hunting Lodge (Danish: Eremitageslottet or Eremitagen)  in Dyrehaven north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Not so much the castle in itself, but the amazing grasslands around it. I think it is in our DNA from our Savannah ancestors 100,000 years ago to be attracted to the open fields with just a few trees scattered around.

This is my painiting of the castle and the field, on a blue cloudless summer day in late August 2013.

Fallen tree over a small pond

A few miles north of Copenhagen exist a beautiful botanical garden called Forstbotanisk Have - the first garden at this place was founded in 1799 and some trees are more than 300 years old.

My favorite place is this fallen tree over a small pond.

After passing by it day after day for 4 years I decided to paint the fallen tree.