Early Explorations, Norway Maple (Acer platanoides), 2018 (Reworked 2024) Wax treated Watercolour and Ink on ACP, Solid Wood Frame 8x20
The characteristic snakeskin like scale pattern of Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) is often found encrusted with yellow and green crustose lichen in urban plantings.
This study of a Norway maple branch marks my first attempt at would later become my signature process in my On the Skin of Giants paintings, a mix of watercolour and fine ink linework lending a graphic, bold touch to a subject rarely given centre stage.
Framed in Norway maple (Acer platanoides) wood, collected from a neighbour’s felled tree.
