Earth, Love, Tree.

Last year I met a very sweet lady called Nancy who makes very beautiful oil-paintings of (mostly) Dutch scenery's and landscapes (lovely work, take a look overhere). She's a very lovely, open, beautiful, funny and sensitive person.

Ever since I was a kid I've loved animals and especially horses and I was very happy when I met Nancy and her sweet horse named Theo. The first time I met him he was more interested in his green grass than he was to meet me :-), but the second time around he allowed me to cuddle him for a long time in his stable.
A little while ago Nancy asked me to make a little book especially for her. This is the book I made. She gave me a few words/themes that meant something to her: Earth, Love and Tree.
It's an accordeon-folded little book on thick watercolourpaper.

Part of the book.

The little book folded

Tree Museum

The other day I heard the song from the Counting Crows: 'Big Yellow Taxi'.

This part of the lyrics suddenly made me see a clear image in my imagination;

'they took all the trees and put them in a tree-museum

and charged the people dollar and a half to see them.'

Just hope it won't come to this the way we treat our earth…

Wintery tree

Two versions of a watercolor-drawing I made. These two digitally edited. I hope you like them!