Sketch Book Moments: More Drawings

Lone Tree & Slate Fence  

(graphite pencil on paper)

The Slate fences that are so common here in the valley seem to becoming another favourite subject matter alongside the trees. Here I decided to combine the two...the natural and the man made, both of which are shaped by their environment. The slate fences are often marked by 'circular' lichen patches.
I have recently completed several paintings on this theme.

Stone Hill

(Graphite pencil on paper)

Playing around with the delicacy and impermanence of the tree as opposed to the solidity of the landscape
The bedrock spills out from the land.

Marker

(Graphite pencil on paper)

the rhythm of the slate fence dances across the land
marking out the beat of its history
X marks the spot where it all happens
and  the path reaches upwards.

Tree in the Round

(Graphite pencil on paper)

Circles capture and enfold,
symbolise life

The moon is part of the cycle

The tree bows to all