These pieces, inspired by East Asian traditions, invite the viewer to pause.
Each tree is different.
Each unique.
Each beautiful.
In this series I encourage you to access a place of still contemplation.
This one feels like an old and trusty friend - around before I was born and (I hope) long after I’m gone.
He works to a different sense of time than I do.
Ink on Handmade Paper
30cm x 21cm
Mounted to 30cm x 42cm
When I’m out walking I sometimes see a branch silhouetted against the sun. It always makes me pause. I hope this does the same for you.
Ink on Paper
24cm x 32cm
This one still has some growing to do. I hope it has centuries to do it in.
Ink on Paper
20cm x 29cm
A delicate tree sending out its first blossom of the year - not entirely convinced winter has ended.
Ink on Paper
15cm x 21cm
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Seeing corvids on winter-bare trees is so archetypal.
Perhaps I’ve read too many gothic novels….
Ink on Paper
15cm x 21cm
A single bird, watching the sun.
Do you even wonder what they’re thinking as they sit up there?
I do.
Ink on Paper
21cm x 30cm
I love the emptiness of single branches reaching towards the sun.
Often there are birds, big or small, surveying the land for threat or food.
Ink on Paper
21cm x 30cm
A tree that’s been around longer than I have. Standing ankle deep in soft grass and flowers. I can hear birdsong.
There’s something about the structure of leaves that fascinates me. They bring such character to a tree
Ink on Paper
21cm x 30cm
I did this fast and furiously. Sometimes nature is wild.
Ink on Paper
24cm x 32cm