An ancient oak tree, over 400 years old, still marks part of the boundary of Sydmonton Common in north Hampshire. It is an intriguing entity – partially decayed and yet still living (its upper limbs sported green leaves when I first visited the tree in…
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This is a hollow oak tree in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire. While it isn’t one of the very special trees there that has been given a name and a sign bearing that name, it is very easy to spot from the path and it is, I…
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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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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 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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