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 "The journey into the wood is part of the journey of the psyche from birth through death to rebirth..... Lost in the extinguishing darkness, we cannot see our hand before our face. We lose all sense of our body's boundaries. We melt into the trees, into the bark and the sap. From this green blood we draw new life, and are healed." Hilary Mantel, 2009

Birch trees and their markings have long fascinated me; their silver, rutted bark; ghostly silhoettes and delicate whispering leaves. They are a prominent feature of the Swedish countryside, where Silver Birch are found at the forrest boundaries and in clearings - they are also widely used in Scandinavian pagan midsummer garland decorations. In this series of prints silver birch trees are explored through the seasons, as they change from the moss green leaf colour of early Spring,to the coppers and golds of Autumn. 

View Birches series exhibited at SWA exhibition, the Mall, London