Under the Greenwood: Picturing the British Tree - Country Life review

Country Life magazine 22 September 2015

By Laura Gascoigne


Tree painting was once regarded as boringly traditional. Laura Gascoigne finds an old subject putting out new roots.


"Now, a new group of British tree painters calling themselves the Arborealists has emerged from the exhibition ‘Under the Greenwood: Picturing the British Tree’ held at the St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery in Lymington, Hampshire, two years ago."


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www.countrylife.co.uk/art-and-antiques/the-arborealists-a-new-generation-of-tree-painters-76128

Royal West of England Academy - The Telegraph review

The Telegraph 11 Jan 2015

By Florence Waters


To kick off Bristol's year as the European Green Capital, a gallery has become a magical arboretum of tree-inspired art


To kick off Bristol's year as the European Green Capital the city's oldest gallery, the RWA, has been transformed into a colourful arboretum for an exhibition by a newly formed group of artists. Rows of trees in  works by a group of 30 British painters, printmakers and sculptors line the bright Victorian rooms at the Royal West of England Academy.

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www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/trees/11330921/Bristol-celebrates-art-of-the-tree.html

Under The Greenwood Tree - The Spectator review

The Spectator 14 September 2013


Under the Greenwood Tree - an exhibition worth travelling for

By Andrew Lambirth

A mixed exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints devoted to the subject of the tree might sound an unexciting event, filled with what Johnny Cash memorably described as ‘hopeful stars of flickering magnitude’, but actually in this case the reverse is true. The show has been divided into two halves, the first of which deals with a historical survey of the tree in past art, the section which is herewith under review. The sequel, focusing on the tree in contemporary art...

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https://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/09/a-surprisingly-invigorating-exhibition-devoted-to-trees/