Nature

Forms and forces

I like to draw the dynamic forms of trees which seem to be undergoing an internal struggle. They suggest human bodies under stress though it’s the spacial and sculptural aspects which I’m most fascinated by.

Pencil drawing of distorted tree trunk and limbs
A beech tree near the ‘High Beech’ area in Epping Forest.
Graphite on A3 drawing paper.
Old, distorted tree in St. George’s Garden, Bloomsbury.
Soft carbon crayon dissolved with a water-brush. A3 on watercolour paper.
Beech tree in Epping Forest. Black watercolour pencil on A3 drawing paper.
A beech tree in Epping Forest. Water-soluble graphite on drawing paper.
A tree with tangled branches, drawn in charcoal. As I worked, light rain was falling on the paper, dissolving and blurring some marks. (A3)
The copse on Hampstead Heath tumulus. Watercolour made onsite, A3 watercolour paper.