• Palm Trees Are Windows Of Nature, 2014 When I think of nature being the window looking at the leaves falling from the palm trees. It brings creativity and it reminds me of autumn in Florida. It makes everything colourful with the changing colours in the leaves. The ocean is quite and calm watching it make shapes. Feeling the breeze on the trees makes it come to life. This is a peaceful autumn to be in. In this painting, there are three palm trees rising out of the ocean and their leaves are flying in the wind over the sea. The waves are calm but we still see the ever shifting light playing over the water in Manion's shades of blue. The trees have defined the space and in this way become the windows of nature just as her title says. H'Art of Ottawa http://www.hartofottawa.ca/