The Old One

by Angela Davies

Title

The Old One

Artist

Angela Davies

Medium

Digital Art - Photography/digital Art

Description

An English gardener once exulted that "trees speak to the mind, and tell us many things, and teach us many good lessons." I find that so true and find that trees, and being in their company, moves me in ways beyond expression in humble words.

This abstract started off as a photograph of an old gnarled tree at the edge of a woods, which has been growing out of a large granite boulder for many years. It is surrounded by open pasture land and it is easy to see it's survival depended on it wrapping it's roots around and through the huge stone and hanging on for it's life. Others of it's kind were mowed down, or trampled and eaten by cattle and deer, but it embraced the difficult growing spot it found itself in, and used that location to survive when other trees did not. I am always amazed by the opportunistic nature of life, this old tree, a perfect example.

I digitally enhanced this image to give it more of an abstract feeling. It feels a bit spooky this way and I have to say this old tree has that feeling when you visit it in person, badly bent and twisted, and in a huge old boulder which has seen it's share of abuse by the elements, yet both hang on together.

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May 15th, 2019

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