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NICOLA CLAXTON
I like the fact that Samuel Palmer chose the medium
of pencil and paper to make sketches of the Ancient
Trees in Lullingstone. This made his work accessible
to me from two points: the medium chosen and the
subject matter. I find ancient trees fascinating: their
form and texture, and what seems to me to be their
enduring mark on the landscape over a very long
time. Palmer really captured the texture of the bark
with his pencil-work, the big and the small details. I
have not sketched for a very long time, but this fired
my imagination to get out pencils and paper for tree
portraits, of these loved ancient trees I have known
for many years and hopefully many years to come.
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