The Art of Barbara Sisko Capobianco: Great Smoky Mountains Tree

I don't ever remember this watercolor painting as a kid, only finding it as we were cleaning out our childhood home after Dad passed away. I fell in love with it immediately. It is neither dated, nor signed, nor named, but is one of few paintings that had with it the original photo from the magazine she was copying. This was the most popular painting I put up in Mom's Facebook memorial. The painting itself is hauntingly beautiful. Only a few colors, the shades of greens, black and greys. She captured the misty morning gloom perfectly. After comparing it to the original, I do believe it was unfinished though. The top branches of the tree do not have the smaller branches coming off of them like the lower branches. The two posts to either side of the tree do not have the fencing connecting them. And, she didn't sign it. Maybe a reflection of herself - an unfinished masterpiece....