sentinel tree -

2015 (acrylic on canvas)
The Ash Trees of West Mountsolie continually engage me . .these trees have survived in this inhospitable wind blasted place for over 150 years and they will now almost certainly fall to the oncoming threat of Ash die-back disease. I find myself compelled to paint these old friends before they succumb.

sentinel tree -

2015 (acrylic on canvas)
The Ash Trees of West Mountsolie continually engage me . .these trees have survived in this inhospitable wind blasted place for over 150 years and they will now almost certainly fall to the oncoming threat of Ash die-back disease. I find myself compelled to paint these old friends before they succumb.