Mark Frith’s ‘Legacy of Ancient Oaks’ at Kew Gardens.
by Angus, 5 November, 2018, 0 comments
"At times the tree appeared to draw itself", says Mark Frith in describing his 3-year project to draw 20 veteran oak trees. Mark was sponsored by Felix Dennis to criss-cross Great Britain finding venerable oak trees, most of which had been alive for 500 years and some of which were over 1,000 years old. Many of these trees have become local celebrities such as the Gospel Oak in Hertfordshire or the Major Oak in Nottinghamshire, part of the original Sherwood Forest. One of them, the Pontfadog Oak which was known as Wales' National tree got into the news in 2013 when a storm blew it over - so Frith's drawing caught this one just in time. Read more...
