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Painting by Judith Belzer, Trunk #3, diptych, oil on canvas, 40" x 108", 2006). The image illustrates an earlier body of work by Judith Belzer: her nature-based oil paintings from the 1990s and 2000s. This work, from the latter part of that period represents her "Inner Life of Trees" series (2007–08), which often employed multiple panels and fused realism and abstraction to evoke a sense of penetrating trees' interiors or of physically tracing concentric rings and bark ridges. Critics compared their movement and rhythms to ocean waves or sand. These paintings were publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications.

Artist Judith Belzer. Copyright held by the artist.

Judith Belzer

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Yes. The image will not affect the commercial value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.

The image has contextual significance serving an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating an earlier body of nature-based work in Judith Belzer's career, which arose in the 1990s and 2000s when she produced oil paintings that explored everyday elements such as marshes, bramble, winter berries and leaves with an intimate, quiet focus. This work moved from realistically observed, yet expressionistically rendered studies of form and suffused light to more abstract and atmospheric compositions to detailed, monumental works examining rotting trunks, exfoliating limbs and densely interwoven branches whose patterns echoed those of organic forms such as skin tissue, body parts, mountainsides. Because the article is about an artist and her art, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to understand this foundational body of work, which brought Belzer initial recognition through exhibitions in major venues, coverage by major critics and publications. Belzer's work of this type and this series, as well as this specific work, are discussed in the article and by critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Judith Belzer, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image use is minimal in that it conveys important information that a full artwork image at a limited fair-use size cannot due to the uniquely hyper-detailed nature of the work. By providing a close-up of the artist's style and imagery, it is significantly more informative for a viewer. It is also a further protection (along with the low resolution) against affecting commercial value.