73 cm (w) x 52 cm (h), charcoal on acid-free paper.
Date produced: June 2005

This was drawn entirely on-site. The foliage forms have been simplified and drawn in as spheroids. I am pleased with the sense of the whole canopy titling towards the right (the prevailing path of the sun across the sky), achieved with the repeated orientation of the grids on most spheroids. I think the sense of space between various spheroids works well, as does the impression of weight being balanced by the trunk and main boughs.

To finish this drawing, I added some tone in the sky and changed the grid in the sky used for the expression of its space.

Unfortunately, this drawing and many others from this project were ruined by a roof leak in our new home at Linden Park. I have tried to repair this drawing, but to date have been unsuccessful.

A photographic view of the subject tree in 2006 from a similar direction to that used for the drawing above:

Direction of viewing point shown on a map of the buttress roots and main lower boughs:

This map and the previous photograph are provided to help you to understand and/or appreciate the drawing more. Because this drawing was drawn completely on-site, if you go to the real subject tree with this display on your mobile phone or tablet, it is possible using this map of the tree to find the real place where the drawing was produced from. If you attempt to do this, please remember that I was sitting on a camp stool a long way away from the tree to do this drawing, and the tree has changed since 2005 (but typically changed only a little).