Richard's current residency with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, Treescapes of Herefordshire, runs for 3 years to 2021 on the following flagship reserves:
Birches Farm - veteran trees in species-rich grassland Bodenham Lake - part of Lugg Valley Living Landscape Queenswood Country Park - focusing on North Wood |
Richard is one of the Arborealists, a team of artists who are actively involved in promoting woodland ecology. Their recent and ongoing work at Lady Park Wood is beautifully presented in the new book, Art Meets Ecology.
This book is about Lady Park Wood above the Wye gorge in Monmouthshire. Uniquely, the wood has been sealed off and left unmanaged for 75 years as a scientific study, the fortunes of hundreds of individual trees tracked and recorded by woodland ecologists. George Peterken, who has led the research since the 1980s, invited The Arborealists to draw and paint in this special place in spring and autumn 2017. |
Lavishly illustrated, the artworks are matched with a commentary by George which shows how both artists and ecologists observe trees and woods closely, and yet express their understanding in very different language.
The book was funded by a Sustainable Development Grant from the Wye Valley AONB and crowd funding for which we are very grateful.(1) To find out more about the Arborealists' work, watch the video, 'Arborealists in Lady Park Wood', by clicking the image below |
While we are closed, we have returned Richard's original pieces to him; visit his website to see more of his work.
We look forward to welcoming you later in the season: when we reopen we hope to have some springtime scenes from Richard. Instagram - @richardtreeart YouTube - Arborealists in Lady Park Wood |
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