White Wood Holne Moor
Click through the gallery below to discover two artists’ responses to the largest continuous stretch of woodland in Dartmoor
White Wood (Dartmoor National Park) is an ancient woodland running from Dartmeet to Buckfastleigh, Devon. From the 19th century until the 1930s the woodland was intensively managed in order to provide bark for the busy local tanneries. Evidence of this historic coppice management is seen in the many charcoal hearths scattered throughout the woodland. White Wood is home to a rich assemblage of Atlantic mosses and liverworts, lichen communities, fern species and distinctive birds.
White Wood, Tim Craven 
White Wood, Tim Craven
Holne Moor, White Wood
Oil on canvas, 100 x 50 cm
Jacqui Wedlake-Hatton is inspired to paint trees by the beauty and resilience of nature. ‘Given that our human life-span is short relative to that of trees, the slow and considered rendering of my paintings is an expression of doubt about the wisdom of short-term and damaging attitudes to the natural environment.’
Jacqui Wedlake-Hatton is inspired to paint trees by the beauty and resilience of nature. ‘Given that our human life-span is short relative to that of trees, the slow and considered rendering of my paintings is an expression of doubt about the wisdom of short-term and damaging attitudes to the natural environment.’
Coppiced Oak on Clitter
Oil on block mounted board, 40 x 60 cm
In his paintings of trees and woodland Richard Bavin seeks to capture the character and atmosphere of particular places in all weathers and seasons. Spending time outdoors is essential to the development of his artwork. ‘Bird song, lapping water and the wind moving through trees seem impossible to paint, but are central to my experiences and I love the challenge of weaving them into my work.’
In his paintings of trees and woodland Richard Bavin seeks to capture the character and atmosphere of particular places in all weathers and seasons.
Spending time outdoors is essential to the development of Bavin’s artwork. ‘Bird song, lapping water and the wind moving through trees seem impossible to paint, but are central to my experiences and I love the challenge of weaving them into my work.’
White Wood, Spring Light
Oil on block mounted board, 40 x 60 cm
In his paintings of trees and woodland Richard Bavin seeks to capture the character and atmosphere of particular places in all weathers and seasons. Spending time outdoors is essential to the development of his artwork. ‘Bird song, lapping water and the wind moving through trees seem impossible to paint, but are central to my experiences and I love the challenge of weaving them into my work.’
In his paintings of trees and woodland Richard Bavin seeks to capture the character and atmosphere of particular places in all weathers and seasons.
Spending time outdoors is essential to the development of Bavin’s artwork. ‘Bird song, lapping water and the wind moving through trees seem impossible to paint, but are central to my experiences and I love the challenge of weaving them into my work.’
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