The Trees..."The Tulgey Wood"

Janis Zroback
The Trees..."The Tulgey Wood" by Janis Zroback
The Trees..."The Tulgey Wood" by Janis Zroback

The Trees..."The Tulgey Wood"

“_The Tulgey Wood” is part of the Series The Trees and is inspired by the poem Jabberwocky from Alice in Wonderland…

Many of you, will recognize the title from Jabberwocky, a mysterious wood that is in the book..I gave it that name as it was the first thing that popped into my head, when I started to paint

Watercolour and Gouache, on Arches paper…..

The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
Their greenness is a kind of grief.

Is it that they are born again
And we grow old? No, they die too,
Their yearly trick of looking new
Is written down in rings of grain.

Yet still the unresting castles thresh
In fullgrown thickness every May.
Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh*..... Philip Larkin

The Trees..."The Tulgey Wood" belongs to the following groups:

Abstract Realism, Art Influenced by Literature, Art Inspired by Dreams, AW Welcome Center, Bits and Pieces , Forests, Freedom to Shine, Happy Haven, Impressionist Art, Inspired Art, Light In The Darkness, Live, Love, Dream, Mixed Media, Safe Haven, The Patchwork , Trees and Vibrant and Vivid Color
  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback, 5 months ago

    Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, 
and for instruments of our hands, this race of plants, deserving boundless affection and 
admiration from us, becomes, in proportion to their obtaining it, a nearly perfect test of our 
being in right temper of mind and way of life; so that no one can be far wrong in either who 
loves trees enough, and everyone is assuredly wrong in both who does not love them, 
if his life has brought them in his way.
-   John Ruskin, 1819-1900, Modern Painters VI

  • coppertrees

    coppertrees, 5 months ago

    Wonderful piece i love the colors, I can peek around and look far behind.

  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback in reply to coppertrees’s comment, 5 months ago

    Thanks so much….the paint is still wet on this one.

  • Tom Vaughan

    Tom Vaughan, 5 months ago

    Fantactic! I like this very much!

  • Steph Granshaw

    Steph Granshaw, 5 months ago

    Love the texture, in fact i love everything about it. This is going into my favourites.

  • caroline caux-evans

    caroline caux-..., 5 months ago

    invite to loose oneself in the art! great piece!

  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback in reply to Tom Vaughan’s comment, 5 months ago

    Thanks Tom….the paint was barely dry, but I wanted to share it with all of you….

  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback in reply to Steph Granshaw’s comment, 5 months ago

    Thanks Steph…I’m so glad you love this piece…

  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback in reply to caroline caux-evans’s comment, 5 months ago

    Thanks so much Caroline….I really appreciate all your comments on my work…it gives me added incentive to do more…

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