I'm certainly not a hippy-type tree-hugger but I do love my trees. I've painted many over the years, so I thought it would be about time to post something about them...
Trees certainly keep artists and photographers busy, and rightly so. But they have many other more important benefits too. As an ecologist and natural history teacher for many years, I am very familiar with these benefits and I'll mention some here briefly...
On the way to Castle Crag, detail (2016)
They produce oxygen and store carbon, obviously. They provide shelter and firewood, food and building materials. A single mature Oak tree, for example, can have over 1000+ species (insects, vertebrates, lichens, fungi etc.) relying on it!
Beacon Oak (2016)
Their roots bind the soil and prevent soil erosion, and woodlands reduce risk of flooding. Mangrove forests protect coasts from storm erosion and tidal effects.
Beacon tree (2016)
We also get medicine from some (Cinchona bark produces Quinine for combating malaria, for example, or salicylic acid from Willow bark to make Aspirin), and food from others (e.g. fruits and nuts).
Alderley Edge (2017)
And anyone who spends a few minutes wondering in a woodland will tell you about the calming effect trees have on our lives. The world would be a very different place without trees. I would have far less to paint...and there would be no chocolate either...
I'll just let that sink in...
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So beautiful... the way to Castle Crag, detail (2016) very amzing...
.. wish you like my art too ☺💛
Much appreciated @platonicform, i plan to do a post just on that painting in the near future, so i will post the whole painting as well as some more detail.
I will wait... And i hope can study from your art 😊
Thank you. If you have any questions then please do ask!
I really enjoy looking for the types of lichens in different trees whenever I can. If I find a tree with red lichens, it's like jackpot to me since it's a very picky lichen in regards to air purity!
Great job with all these paintings, you certainly put some detail and care on rendering trees I rarely see artists do!
Thank you @anatropeiro, i love lichens too! With some of my work I have the tree as the subject rather than a background feature, so i spend as much time painting it as i would a portrait. They fascinate me, particularly the older, more gnarly ones.
Very nice works! I love the subject of these and Your style which is very natural. Keep posting, Follow You!
Thank You for your support @photovisions, i will keep posting and thanks for the follow!
No problemo, my pleasure!
Very lovely trees. Bravo.
Thank you @kathleenscarboro, glad you like them!
Beautiful work. You really set a nice mood in those images. Congratulations.
Thanks @rockykelley, i love painting trees!
And you do it so well :-)