Original art, sculpture, animation and film created by people who love woods and trees...
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Art
Thank you to everyone who has generously shared their work with us so far!
Art
Emma Fawcett
Emma is a Nottinghamshire-based painter and illustrator whose work reflects her keen interest in environmental issues and the natural world.
Emma has shared several beautiful pieces of work with us, see them all here.
Julie Dodd
An installation artist, Julie constructs original sculptural pieces from paper and recycled materials.
See Julie's sculptures
Colin Hall
Colin is an abstract artist who was inspired to share these two tree-related works with us during our High Speed Two campaign.
See Hazel Catkins in Emmanuel's Vase
See Salix Caprea
These pieces were also part of an exhibition at Newark Park National Trust Gloucester in spring 2011; a show full of items relating to decay, recycling, regeneration and growth.
Angela Goodman
As a painter Angela is particularly interested in the visual ways in which tree forms interact with other landscape elements:
See Winter Trees: St Pauls
See Winter Trees: Westminster
See Trees on Little Solsbury
Angela says "I used to recognise personalities in the various shapes and colours of trees. As a small child I spent many hours while perched in a cherry tree or on a high wall amidst lilac blooms enjoying the view. Half a century later those soft or piquant scents of leaves, barks, leaf moulds and blossoms can instantly make me a child again".
See Trees at Winsley (1)
See Trees at Winsley (2)
See Backwater Trees
See Backwater Trees (detail)
See Tate Trees
See Birches
All paintings are acrylic paints on canvas or board. More of Angela's work can be seen on her website.
Pippa Chorley
Illustrative artist and harp-faery Pippa is originally from west Sussex, and now walks in the snowy 'Narnia' woods of Trondheim, Norway.
See Pippa's work on our poetry page, too.
Pippa used mixed media to create these mystical images. Her work is inspired by the mythical creatures who have been known to dwell in the forests:
See 'The Centaur'
See 'Tree Faun'
See 'Forest Faun'
Pippa's latest project is about Tree Mages - the embodiment of the magic voice of the forests, the architects, healers, and spell~binders of the world's beautiful woods:
See 'The Woodland Witch'
See 'Birch Caress'
See 'Cauldron of Forest'
These and more can also be seen on Pippa's website.
Richard Bavin
Charcoal drawings, watercolour and oil paintings of Oak trees and Wellington Wood, an ancient semi-natural woodland dating back at least to the 12th century, by Richard Bavin.
See 'Oak Tree V1'
See 'Wellington Wood'
See 'Old Oak 1'
A landscape artist with a passion for trees, Richard has been working in a wood near his Herefordshire home for four years. His work is currently displayed online.
Lee Pugh
Painting on canvas with acrylics. West Midland artist Lee is a Facebook friend of our very own Oak Tree and shared this with Oak online.
See 'Gog at Moonlight'
Lee's work has also been on show at festivals around the country including Glastonbury, Bearded Theory and Wickerman and is currently on display in the "Pretty Vacant" touring visual arts exhibition and "Artspace" - both based in the West Midlands.
Lesley Stevas
Lesley's passion for trees has grown with her from a childhood spent climbing, playing and hiding in trees with friends. Through art she hopes to communicate the joy she feels when outside, especially whilst walking through a wood.
See 'Blue Woods'
See 'Laggan Woods'
Using online images and photographs as an aide memoire, paintings and sketches are inspired by the effects of the weather, the contrast in tones during autumn, and bright rays of sunshine as they play and jostle for space upon leaves during spring. More of Lesley's work is featured on her blog.
Film
Celestial Elf
Pagan poet, Bard and Eco-Druid, Celestial Elf has produced several machinima films celebrating nature, spirit and the ancient ways.
Watch 'The Tree of Life'
This original film is a cautionary tale and includes a link to our Save Ancient Forests for Everyone petition.
Matilda Rexton
Tilly is an Animation graduate in Staffordshire and produced this short film as part of her final project. We helped with some of the technical information she required and she kindly sent her final piece - 'A Squirrel in Search of Sanctuary' - for us to share.
Watch 'A Squirrel in Search of Sanctuary'
Tilly's red squirrel shows all too clearly the desperate fate of so much of the UK's wildlife as habitats are torn and fragmented through development and industry pressures.
John Jones
'Patchwork Stitched Forest Leaves' is a time-lapsed motion animation showing the journey of an environmental art quilt panel, which John created by machine-sewing forest leaves together.
This fascinating short film shows the panel being recycled naturally, back to the soil from whence it came.
Watch 'Patchwork Leaf' video
Patchwork 'Leaf Footprint' postcards now available.
All John's work is featured online in his virtual gallery exhibition.
David Adams
David told us that 2011 plans to sell off ancient forests as part of a review of ownership of the public forest estate in England "stirred me into action in my own small way and inspired me to make an animation based on protecting our woods".
Watch 'Treeson' animated video
A VJ and designer, David has created several animated films online as Alc0traz.