This is based on Church Lane in Witley, near Godalming in Surrey. The road is a spectacular sunken lane or holloway that begins almost before it has left the substantial village. There is a footpath on the high ground to the left which also has…
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This is a “den” that stood in one of my local woods for what seems like (and probably was) years. I’m fairly sure that it got repaired more than once during the time I’ve known it, but it seems that Storm Eunice (in March 2022)…
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The thing about sunken lanes is that they can be quite dark, on account of being, well, sunken. Sometimes, though, you get bright sunlight at just the right angle to send a shaft through the canopy overhead and illuminate something, drawing attention to it, bringing…
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This was a particularly pleasing collection of shapes that I noticed in the tree that I drew for High and Dry. Ink on kaolin-coated board, 12 x 16″
This August, we embarked upon a family roadtrip to Scotland and back, via the Lake District. There were a couple of things on my list of things to do and see: at the top was a trip to the Derwent Pencil Museum, but chasing close…
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A closer look at one of the spectacular beeches, and its exposed roots, at Snelsmore Common (see alse Epic, Chorus Line and Reciprocate). Ink on kaolin-coated board, 16 x 12″
This is a fun little series of acrylic paintings on canvas, intended to complement my tree drawings. The first of these little paintings, Three hazelnuts, was made at the behest of The Prince’s Trust, who sell these specially created 20x20cm canvases for a fixed price…
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I decided to make a large drawing of the long tree roots in Folly Wood Gorge, using a full imperial sheet of watercolour (approx. 56x75cm) paper and coloured inks. I exagerrated the colours and indulged in a bit of careful splatting (an excuse to add…
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There’s a ridge in Wiltshire not far from Devizes, that has a gap in it, a place where the bedrock cracked, perhaps. A track (it’s a bridleway) passes through the gap. The sides are high, and trees grow on the chalky high ground. It’s a…
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Sway, inks on kaolin-coated board, 12 x 16 inches / 34x44x3cm framed These hornbeam (and their friend, the ash), seem to be dancing together to a gentle tune. I used pattern again on this one, in the coloured areas, and I think it sits more…
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