Welcome to Sentinel Trees, an exhibition of miniature art works from 13 artists and 9 authors.
We are excited and pleased to be part of the Urban Tree Festival 2020.https://urbantreefestival.org/
Artist: Ann Kopka Writer: Nick Fox
I love thee not, Pine
Cone.
Why
hast thus doffed thy woody scales
Of
courtly elegance?
Why
dost thou shun the forest floor
With
all its earthy leaves and twigs and flowers –
A
home for bees, for worms and spiders?
Why
dost thou sit sedately
On
thy neatly-patterned baubles?
Thy
sisters in the forest
Glory
mid the autumn colours:
Yellow,
russet, brown.
Ne’er
canst thou rival these
In
thy safe, ordered life.
Go
back.
Return
to the dangers of the wild.
Return
to the forest.
About the Writer
Nick is a librarian who lives near Crystal Palace. He enjoys
exploring the local parks and woodlands and is a volunteer with the London
Wildlife Trust.
About the Artist
Ann Kopka is a visual artist and
curator. She has exhibited in London, the UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy and the
USA and her work is held in private collections in the UK, France, Spain, USA
and Australia.
Ann studied Fine Art at Central St Martins
College of Art and Design and The City Lit, and Museum Curating at The Tate
Modern. She studied The Practices and Debates of Modern Art at the Open
University and graduated with a First Class Honours Degree.
Ann is a volunteer project
co-ordinator at the Heath Robinson Museum London where she is involved with
organising and curating temporary exhibitions. Ann is a member of The Free
Painters and Sculptors, an Independent artists’ co-operative and charity.
About the Bonsai
This small conifer is grown as a 'clasped to rock style' bonsai to represent a tree growing on a cliff or mountain. The perspective of this bonsai is further away, as though we are seeing the tree from a considerable distance.
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