Stump #220 (Ghost), Framed Monoprint, 38cm x 44cm

One-off monoprint — only one available

Stump #220 (Ghost) was exhibited at The Arborelists group show ‘Tree of Life’ at Stanton Guildhouse, Stanton, Gloucestershire in early 2022, and was also at the Artizan Gallery, Torquay, for the English Riviera Summer Open 2023.

The trees of Gallants Bower, opposite my former studio in Dartmouth, were part of my group of study at that time for the Tree Portraits series. This is home to many large Oak, Beech, Hornbeam & Ash Trees.

My monoprints from the latter months of 2020 onwards were also further informed by the following literature; ‘The Hidden Life of Trees’ by Peter Wohlleben, ‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ by David Wallace-Wells, ‘Gaia’ by James Lovelock, & Merlin Sheldrakes’s amazing ‘Entangled Life’, which expand on the relationship of Trees with Fungi (and other fascinating endosymbiotic relationships, such as Lichens.).

The latter in particular led me to start using a 2nd printed image from the original Monoprint (the ghost print), & then printing over these using hand-cut stencils made of biodegradable polyfilm (around the original outline of the Stump) with translucent White/Creams with Gloss extender. The ink on this print would then behave/look like the fungal mycelia reaching throughout any given Tree.