In the best works by Otto Pareroultja trees were painted as ancestral beings with body-like trunks & arm-like branches.
ɪnðə bˈɛst wˈɜːks baɪ ˈɑːɾoʊ pˈɛɹoʊltdʒə tɹˈiːz wɜː pˈeɪntᵻd æz ænsˈɛstɹəl bˈiːɪŋz wɪð bˈɑːdilˈaɪk tɹˈʌŋks ænd ˈɑːɹmlˈaɪk bɹˈæntʃᵻz.