Painting: Pastel, Acrylic, Ink on Paper.

During the lockdown, nature was one of the only places that I felt truly safe. I spent a lot of time in this ancient forest in Welwyn Garden City with my sketchbook. There's something gratifying sitting amongst trees that have been there for thousands of years and it made me think about about nature as a constant throughout a section of human history.

The bright colours represent the warmth I feel from nature. They are simultaneously inspired by the place I'm seeing and the feeling the place is giving off. I try to capture something magical and otherworldly to give a sense of the planet not to be taken for granted; the same feeling as if seeing a forest for the first time.
I hope that the viewer can experience a sense of this warmth though the colours.