I was happy with this, second version of the tree.The fact that the branches go off to the left of the canvas gives you a sense that the whole story of the painting is not encapsulated on the canvas. Your mind fills in the branches to the left where they go off the edge of the canvas. The tree also stretches into the top half of the canvas and almost all the way across the canvas, so it really dominates.
I really liked the tree, but still felt there was something missing. That the painting needed another a third element -- see Composition Class: Number of Elements for why an odd number of elements is better than an even number.
