Tree drawings

ThePaperSailor

I almost fell out of my chair when I found this. It's hysterical, but you know there's a level of sophistication about it too. Check out the gallery and look around. Enjoy.

http://www.timknowles.co.uk/Work/Tr...65/Default.aspx

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Wineguy

Yeah this "art" thing is really catching on. We now have Elephants, Apes, Sheep, Dog and Cats, and even people trying to draw.


Now the trees, soon everyone will be doing it.

No disrespect intended, there is an interesting aspect to this, I'm just failing at trying to funny.

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clrosner

I guess I better pack up my oils and quit!!! On second thought... I'd rather paint! Here's my latest!

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watzone69

The obvious next step in this evolution...

Tree tattoo artists!

(sorry!)

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morea

Dear

Papersailor ,
Thank You for the link.
I like it a lot !!!!
The drawings from the trees look so poethical !!
So subtle , i like it !!
"field of play" is wonderful !!

Watzone ,
YES !!!
Love the tatt and the virt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kind regard
Morea

ThePaperSailor

You know, I thought about the whole, "monkey's can draw, elephants can too, ect. ect." sort of fad that was going on a good 5 to 10 years ago amongst the general public and to me... this doesn quite fit into that catagory. I would say that in those cases the idea behind whatever "drawings" or "paintings" that they were producing was strongly tied to their "mental" aptitude and ability to form a composition. This is obviously very silly though as you could probably have your two year old do the same thing... Because neither your two year old nor the elephant care about what the picture looks like, more so that they are actually making marks on the paper.

With the trees, it's kind of the exact opposite. It's almost making fun of that kind of genra. No one is going to seriously expect that the tree is making marks of it's own occord or control... Rather that it is only guided by the fickle gusts of the wind. It's autonmous and really has little to do with the trees control. To me, this is closer to a "map" of movement from the tree over time. I'd hate to bring Jackson Pollock into this conversation, as i generally think he got very monotonous and that most people have no idea what he was doing, but I t hink that he might help serve my point. The thing that was interesting about Pollock's best known work is that they were actually just a map of his movements. He would become so intune with how he was moving while painting (he would stand over top of a piece for hours) that he would often create repeating patterns and even the equivalent of painted fractals in layers on the canvas. In fact, if he was ever disturbed while he was in his little "trance" it would often throw off his pattern and effectively ruin the piece. On some of his nicer ones, there's a certain amount of depth to the painting (visual) where some of the layers seem to pop out from the other so you can follow the line of his movement in each step. This is all well and good, but I think the novelty of his work wore off about 30 years ago.

The other thing that strikes me as interesting is entirely from a painting or drawing perspective. Anyone who has ever taken classical drawing and painting lessons knows that you have an entirely different range of mark making ability when you draw with the entirety of your arm and not just your wrist. In order to draw with your arm it's important to be standing and to be well away from an eisel or wall, so that you can use the full length of your arm. The more that you draw (especially with your arm) the more you start to realise that you are prone to making a certain type of mark... or your signature so to speak.

On the tree drawing website the artist talks about how each tree has it's own signature, and you can see it in each of the drawings. It's something I had never really considered when I thought about the way trees sway in the wind. It has more to do with the density, structure, and rigitity of each branch and how it focuses the movement of each leaf and twig as the catch the wind... like so many little sails.

morea

Dear Papersailor

I did it with a Buddejha this afternoon.

As You write the piece on Jackson Pollock , yes , that
was the the drive and passion.

I had to expirience myself and it was as deep as making a painting myself.
This may sound abnormal , but it is not.
The eyes , feeling and mind is in total concentration with the tree and wind.
As the drawing is actually happening !!! You cant keep your eyes from it .
Also not the hands , because you want to interfere .
But i stayed strong and let it happen ,
staying away from the side the wind was comming from.
After the paint was sticky , the wind couldn't move the tree anymore.
I took the "painting" and was excited to see the subtle details and
naturally strong painted parts on the paper.
Here are the pictures.
Kind regards
Morea

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Bonsai Barry

I attended a similar show of art drawn by bonsai... (rim shot) it was a small show.

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