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 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 am immersed in structures, natural surfaces, patterns, the detail, but critical reflection requires some distance, a detachment from objectification… on the cycle ride home i remembered a lecture i went to, taken by the sculptor richard deacon… talking of 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











