Some of the extensive branches of an oak tree growing at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. The tree itself bears a plaque, screwed to its trunk, “In loving memory… ” There is a name, and dates indicating that the gentleman in question died in 1984 at the age of 53. (Which, as it happens, is my own current age.) It concludes, “At peace, in the countryside he so loved”.
Ink on kaolin-coated board, 11 x 14 inches.
