27.5 cm (w) x 37 cm (h), conté and pastels on acid-free coloured-ground ‘Canson’ paper.
Date produced: 2000-2004 (while living at North Brighton)

Drawn on-site, from along the side of our house, looking towards our front yard.

There were lovely sunlit colours, rich reds from the dark red leaves being lit up from the back with sunlight, and an interesting shadow being cast onto the wall of our house. I added a little bit of colour to the edges of the tree's shadow to try to suggest the movements that were occurring in the gentle breeze. These added colours were put in because the movements within the shadows 'suggested' them.

Standing a good distance behind the prunus were the large river red gums that lined our street.