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Oil paintings of trees. |
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A selection of oil paintings that feature trees as their main subject. |
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Pines beside another path through the remnants of the ancient Caledonian Forest which once covered most of Scotland
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An outdoor oil sketch 10x12ins
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Pines 10x12ins. Available - £250
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Laird’s Loch is stocked with “coarse” fish, ie. not trout. This tag would annoy me if I was a fish.
It’s a beautiful big pond in the Sidlaw Hills.
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By Laird’s Loch 8x10ins. Available - £175
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The age and size of the trees in this old pathway through the Surrey landscape give them a far stronger presence than any people who happen to walk alongside them.
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On this path I was focused on the root structure that was knotted into the earth. They looked like they could have just have paused and pushed their way into the sandy soil that morning, changing into wood quickly like a speeded up film.
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We used to think that some of them picked up their roots and walked around at night apparently.....
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Pilgrims Way 30x36ins Private Collection
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I’m always drawn to the age of trees as well as their appearance. At any rate, a sense of time always seems be a feature when I find myself painting trees.
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Scots Pines 8x10ins. Private Collection
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Part of the same group of Scots Pines near Lairds Loch in the Sidlaw Hills just North of Dundee.....
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This was painted in a hard frost with the sun failing to raise the mist enough to shine brightly and the ghost of a circle in the sky.
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Winter Sun 11x14ins. Private Collection
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