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The Dream Tree of Oz (2025)

Original Fine Art Painting by Ashvin Harrison
“She walks not away from home — but toward the dream that was always within.”

Artwork Description:

The Dream Tree of Oz is an original fine art painting by Ashvin Harrison — a magnificent fusion of realism, imagination, and wonder. This enchanting large-scale composition captures a moment suspended between dream and destiny, as Dorothy and Toto step beyond the known world and into the shimmering path toward Oz.

At the heart of the work stands a colossal tree — its charcoal trunk rising in lifelike detail, its branches sprawling into an explosion of emerald, jade, turquoise, and soft pastel hues. Layers of paint create depth and movement throughout the canopy, built through hundreds of splashes and subtle gemstone-like circular formations. Using a power drill-fitted brush technique, Harrison has formed swirling textures beneath the expressive splatters, evoking the sparkle and refraction of precious stones glinting through the leaves.

The open door at the base of the tree reveals a portal: a glimpse into the vivid world beyond. There, Dorothy and her faithful companion Toto begin their journey along the yellow brick road, leading to the distant Emerald City. The moment is tender and timeless — a symbolic crossing from safety to adventure, from innocence to awakening, from dream to becoming.

The Dream Tree of Oz embodies Harrison’s signature Motusrealism style, where the precision of realism meets the freedom of abstraction. It speaks of courage, curiosity, and the quiet beauty of stepping into the unknown — a visual metaphor for growth and creative discovery.

Title: The Dream Tree of Oz (2025)
Medium: Coconut charcoal, acrylics, oil paints, metallic pigments, sparkle medium
Canvas: Premium museum-grade 12oz rolled cotton canvas
Size: 183 x 122 cm (72 x 48 inches)
Technique: Charcoal brushing realism with expressive abstraction and multi-layered splatter; includes drill-assisted circular brush technique for gemstone effect
Finish: Five layers of white gesso, sealed with archival museum-grade fixatives
Presentation: Sold rolled. *On show as stretched and framed canvas. 
Authenticity: Signed on front in art ink; hand-signed and dated on back; includes signed certificate of authenticity
Shipping: Global delivery with full insurance and premium protective packaging

Additional Artwork Information

Ashvin Harrison paints realistic artworks inspired by real life posing people and nature, photographs or imagination. Also, all artworks have a charcoal dust element to them. This painting, like most pieces, is a mixture of acrylics, acrylic medium thinners, acrylic medium flows and also mixing additives with charcoal dust paint. This completely new made up approach to create art is a large part of Ashvin’s fast growing popularity in the art world.

Please contact me if you would like to see more photos or also seek more information about this artwork. All artworks ship for free to any country and also location within. Insurance and import taxes paid for by Ashvin, making for stress free purchasing and arrival of your new painting.

If this artwork is not the one for you, please check out the Artworks in Stock Page. Contact Ashvin to discuss a custom commissioned artwork. Ashvin can also create on different size formats of rolled or ready to hang artworks. Also, Ashvin offers super sized rolled canvas artworks up to 265cm (104″).