Sycamore

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Indeed, a great loss but a very nice painting

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 01 Oct 09:33:34

Superb 👌

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Sun 01 Oct 09:45:19

Beautiful, David. It makes you despair doesn't it? Hopefully the tree will regenerate and nature will renew itself.

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Sun 01 Oct 09:53:02

Love it David. Aww least you got a nice painting of the tree 🌳

Posted by Faye Patrick on Sun 01 Oct 10:05:00

Thank you Heather, Stephen, Sarah and Faye for your very kind comments.

Posted by David Stevens on Sun 01 Oct 10:22:23

A superb painting David, and yes I agree is a great loss, will never be the same again

Posted by Cheryl Allen on Sun 01 Oct 10:23:46

Thank you, Cheryl. Yes it is a great loss to the Northumberland landscape and such a international icon!

Posted by David Stevens on Sun 01 Oct 10:37:37

A good memory David. Such a sad and pointless act to cut it down.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sun 01 Oct 10:43:45

Super painting David. It was awful hearing what happened to this tree.

Posted by Denise Cat on Sun 01 Oct 11:36:20

Thank you Tessa and Denise for our kind and poignant remarks!

Posted by David Stevens on Sun 01 Oct 11:40:43

It is a lovely painting David. It really was mindless vandalism to destroy such an iconic tree. It will hopefully send out shoots from the base and regrow but it will end up a like a coppiced tree with bushy shoots and not the same as before.

Posted by David Williams on Sun 01 Oct 11:47:52

A good repost David…..👍

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 01 Oct 11:53:59

Thank you David and Fiona for your comments. I agree, David, it will never be the same again even if it regrows!

Posted by David Stevens on Sun 01 Oct 12:29:43

Thank you for doing this - I thought of painting a tribute to this tree, but as I'd have nothing but other people's photos to go by, I didn't: glad I didn't, because I wouldn't want to compete with this! The news of its destruction made me so angry ... three hundred years old, and cut down by a fool, for reasons we don't yet know: but whatever they were, they'd be inadequate. That such ignorance can still exist in the world - well, this is just one example to count among thousands.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Sun 01 Oct 13:35:14

A very poignant painting this week. It was a lovely tree, and it is a lovely painting!

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Sun 01 Oct 13:44:50

Thank you for your comments Robert and Bobbie. I agree entirely with your comment, Robert!!

Posted by David Stevens on Sun 01 Oct 15:01:13

An appropriate re post David and a lovely painting. Agree with all the comments

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Sun 01 Oct 16:10:53

Nice work David despite the loss.

Posted by Ross Cameron on Sun 01 Oct 16:22:44

Excellent, the tree will always be remembered by your painting, a great gift!

Posted by Romila Datta on Sun 01 Oct 17:27:26

Wonderful painting, David. Thank for sharing.

Posted by Carol Jones on Sun 01 Oct 17:32:23

Thank you Martin, Ross, Romila and Carol for your kind comments!

Posted by David Stevens on Sun 01 Oct 17:38:45

A lovely painting of the iconic tree. You’ve done it proud David!

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Sun 01 Oct 18:18:42

Thank you so much, Sarah!

Posted by David Stevens on Sun 01 Oct 18:38:26

Thank you David, for painting something beautiful to represent such a heinous and devastating event.

Posted by Ann Cromack on Sun 01 Oct 19:29:40

A beautiful tribute, I was so sad to hear of this, it must be a loss to this historical landscape

Posted by Lisa Shearing on Sun 01 Oct 22:21:57

Thank you Ann and Lisa for your kind comments!

Posted by David Stevens on Mon 02 Oct 07:49:24

A beautiful painting of such a beautiful tree , unfortunately we will never see one on the spot again

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 02 Oct 08:21:23

It is a very sad situation, Paul!

Posted by David Stevens on Mon 02 Oct 08:41:05

Beautiful and sad at the same time David.

Posted by Karen Lewis on Mon 02 Oct 10:29:08

Agree, Karen!!

Posted by David Stevens on Mon 02 Oct 11:42:45

A wonderful painting. It is such a shame that such reckless and stupid behaviour has caused such upset for so many.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 02 Oct 19:05:03

Thank you for your comment, Spencer. I whole heartedly agree with your words.

Posted by David Stevens on Tue 03 Oct 07:25:47

A painting that captures the heart of the scene. Beautifully done, David. Such a pity about the sycamore.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Tue 03 Oct 16:10:28

Thank you for your kind words, Seok!!

Posted by David Stevens on Tue 03 Oct 16:11:35

Hang on Studio Wall

01/10/2023

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A reposting of the watercolour I did last year of this famous tree adjacent Hadrian's Wall in winter time. I was horrified, as most, to hear it had been felled in a mindless act of vandalism.

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David Stevens

I am a retired civil engineer who has been sketching and painting watercolours and acrylics as a hobby for the past twenty years or so. I grew up in Africa and worked in Southern Africa and Botswana for a number of years but have spent the past forty years or so resident in England with my family. I…

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