Alexandra Blum, ‘Abundant Leaves’, graphite on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm, 2022
I drew underneath the tree in this image for several weeks during spring, which had given me the feeling of being ‘within’ the tree. As early summer arrived I wanted to look back at the same tree and draw it from the ‘outside’.
There’s so much energy within a mass of leaves and I was fascinated to see that, every so often, individual leaves swung like pendulums on their stalks.
The surrounding undergrowth was also expanding in every direction, attracting passers-by to paths which had become secretive, unlike their bare, exposed winter form.
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Alexandra Blum, Detail from ‘Abundant Leaves’, graphite on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm, 2022
Alexandra Blum, Detail from ‘Abundant Leaves’, graphite on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm, 2022
Alexandra Blum, Detail from ‘Abundant Leaves’, graphite on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm, 2022
Alexandra Blum, Detail from ‘Abundant Leaves’, graphite on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm, 2022