Our new Summer Exhibition is open in Gullane. A great variety of new work on show. These two from Matthew Draper focussing on the changing light played out upon Bass Rock over a few seconds. For a Split Second (Parts 2 & 3) Charcoal 30.5x22cm #matthewdraper #drawing #bassrock

One of the most characterful trees I know, and I know many. His roots seem to slither and swarm over the rocks, not to tether him to the earth but to propel him around the woods. I always creep reverentially past and then glance back over my shoulder to check if he’s following…

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🏆 Cast your vote in #TreeOfTheYear 2024! 🌳 We've just released the shortlist for Tree of the Year 2024, celebrating 12 #MagnificentOaks! 🥇 Each has its own story, but only one can win! 🗳️ See the full 2024 shortlist and cast your vote here: bit.ly/4dxWPJm

#drawingaugust. It's very soothing drawing trees

If you barrel over to the burly guy at the bar in the mood for a fight, braced for conflict, you're more likely to get it, even if he'd been minding his own business. Now consider this in the context of creative work: fighting the "war of art", "overpowering resistance", etc…

In case you missed my news, my book will be available on my website from 10am tomorrow! It's a 152 page hardback celebration of the Peak District, a collection of my photographs and words, presented seasonally. £24.95 + P&P UK only - for now - international orders from mid Sep!

I'll be out of the woods this autumn, making my way across the UK & discussing all things Ingrained! Night Owl Books Appledore Book Festival Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews WigtownBookFestival Cheltenham Festivals Chorleywood Bookshop Norwich Book Festival Details on my website, hope to see you!

A nicely waisted beech in northern England with #arboglyphs for #thicktrunktuesday Tansy Lee Moir

Good morning treepeople and happy #thicktrunktuesday

A beech in the #Scottishborders featuring ganoderma. #thicktrunktuesday Tansy Lee Moir

Happy #thicktrunktuesday dear friends Here's a thousand-year-old chestnut tree that had been forgotten over the years (western France). Rediscovered by a couple in 1995 when they bought a plot of land overgrown with brambles! Circ: 11.48m at 1.30m / and 14.35m at ground level

Here for you this #thicktrunktuesday is a huge old beech, aging peacefully in pasture land. Good to see National Trust for Scotland House of the Binns letting it do its elderly tree thing. Adam Treeshepherd Rutsch🌹🏳️‍🌈🐀 Border Trees

Imagine this one⚡️

RIP the great artist Norman Ackroyd (1938-16.09.24): etcher-magician who conjured weather & light from metal & acid; his work constitutes one of the great visual records of this archipelago’s edges. We travelled together—& I made this programme with him: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Tansy Lee Moir And this one I visited the other day.

Tree and fungi in March Wood

good morning treepeople and happy #thicktrunktuesday