Winter Chestnut

Drypoint etching. Printed on 300gsm Hahnemühle paper. Plate measures 20cm x 30cm, paper measures 32cm x 44cm. Signed, titled and numbered in an edition of 20.

This print of a chestnut tree depicts the harsh light and dark light and shadow on a bright winters day, highlighting the curve of the bark and the scars of time and age.

This body of work is based on the book by Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree. Trees communicate via mycorrhizal fungi to trade water and other nutrients. Ancient and mature trees nurture their offspring via these networks, as well as trading nutrients between other species. Botanist Simard has spent years working on this theory as part of a wider body of work, discovering what it means for forests, the climate and the wider Anthropocene.

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