Nature – forms and forces

Introduction

I like to draw the dynamic forms of tree trunks and limbs which seem to be undergoing an internal struggle. They suggest human bodies under stress but it is 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)
A copse on the tumulus at Hampstead Heath. Watercolour made onsite, A3 watercolour paper.