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    • Laura Rowlatt
    • Lottie O'Leary
    • Lucy Burden
    • Maggie Davis
    • Meyrick Ames
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    • Shelagh Popham
    • Susan Edwards
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Katie Chetwood

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'Trees will tell their secrets to those who tune in' Steven Magee
I have spent all of my life from an early age in and around trees. So when I started drawing them nearly ten years ago, it felt like a purely natural process that evolved from a genuine love and appreciation of their beauty and magic.
I always draw trees while sitting beneath them. It's as if there's a symbiotic exchange between us, in which the tree inputs its essence into the drawing, supplying each image with a unique energy and style
My particular interest is in the trunks because of the level of detail they contain. Observing individual tree trunks to me is comparable to reading a storybook that has born witness to many different lifetimes.
All trees to me are idiosyncratic; some impart knowledge, some observe, some are chatty and others reserved. In fact, they are a lot more like people than most of us realise.
I often get asked if I ever get bored of drawing trees. My answer is an unequivocal 'no', as how could I when there are so many different tree species, and trees at different life stages (ancient and veteran), each of which is so different in its own spectacularly, wonderful way?
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I am a predominantly self-taught artist and live and work in Wales. I studied illustration at the University of Wolverhampton and exhibit nationally, most recently taking part in the H-Art Festival, Herefordshire, and the Bring-It exhibition at Aireplace Studios, Leeds.
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