some new sketchbook drawings of trees... this time in graphite stick... so much quicker to work with.. less refined, but more responsive to the movement (and sounds) of trees, and the nearby water...
ivy growing on a tree trunk
fallen dead branch of a tree (with diagram)
bent willow tree at the river
looking up at a tree
dead stump of tree
twisted branches of a tree
more tree branches
twisted, bent branch of a tree
moss & lichen-covered, stripped bark
snapped, broken branches of a tree
the rippled, twisted textured bark of this old willow reflects the gentle movements of the nearby lake...
detail of water ripples on the lake...
another shot of the same lake... maybe this is a little too reminiscent of vija celmins?... but that's how it was, just water, at 6.24pm...i have become immersed in structures, natural surfaces, the patterns, the details, but critical reflection requires some distance, a detachment from objectification... on the cycle ride home i remembered a lecture i went to, by the sculptor richard deacon... talking of natural elements, repetition, rhythm, overlap, edge, pattern, flow, movement, flux, turbulence, the dynamics of change...leading to the elemental, scientific drawings of leonardo da vinci...
A deluge c.1517-18, by Leonardo da Vinci [Royal Collection, Windsor Castle][to be continued...]the salthouse 09 : salt of the earth art exhibition continues at salthouse church, norfolk... salthouse 09 : 2 july to 2 august 2009