This wonderful hollow tree is on the A339 near Greenham Common. I used pens, pencils, pastels and a variety of bottled inks in my attempt to portray the weathered and gnarly surface of its trunk (bole is another word for tree trunk). Oak Bole mixed…
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White, mid-grey and black: a simple and effective treatment for this venerable beech tree. Drawn using Molotow All4One Hybrid Acrylic marker pens. Savernake Beech hybrid acrylic on A4 paper mounted in ice-white card to fit 16 x 12″ frame SOLD “Savernake Beech” was painted for…
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There is an oak tree in Savernake Forest called the Cathedral Oak. It gets its name from its enormous, hollow trunk, into which we can peer through one of several narrow cracks or windows. Looking up at the massive branches framing a bright spring sky,…
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This is one of a line of beech trees that stands atop a local chalk ridge. My painting was based on a photograph that I took on a clear, bright winter’s morning, looking up into the branches. I used acrylic paint from the tube and…
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This oak stands next to a disused ford. My painting was based on a photograph that I took on a clear, bright winter’s morning, looking up into the branches. I used acrylic paint from the tube and acrylic marker pens. Winter Oak mixed acrylic on…
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