'The Mother Tree'

The Mother Tree is an original acrylic and water-soluble oil painting on wood panel (A1, 59.4 × 84.1 cm), inspired by a revered oak standing at the heart of Cabilla Woods, Cornwall—home to the charity The Thousand Year Trust.

This powerful work explores scale, complexity, and connection. The oak has become known as a tree of recovery and reflection, offering a place of grounding and wellbeing within a rare Atlantic temperate rainforest. It stands as both a physical presence and a living symbol of care, resilience, and continuity.

Painted directly onto wood, the natural grain of the panel is deliberately left visible, allowing the surface to echo the age, texture, and history of the tree itself. Layered colour and mark-making evoke the rich network of epiphytes, bracken, mosses, and lichens that thrive in these endangered ecosystems.

The Mother Tree invites the viewer to slow down, look closely, and reconnect—with nature, with place, and with the quiet strength of ancient woodland.

Prints are available from A4 up to A1, framed or unframed.

*Please request what frame and mount option you would prefer. The framed images listed are demo examples and can be adapted to your preference.

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