Canadian birches remind me of my native Scottish trees; they were just one of the many things that made this wonderful new country feel like home. Like me they are a hardy northern species that thrives best in cooler climates.

The work begins with photographing bare birch trunks in the winter. Then, I use a process that sucks the  ink from the photo directly into the paint on the canvas. Next, I paint in the foliage on the prepared canvas.

These paintings reflect on the contrast between the  solid, unchanging permanence of the trunks and the ever-changing, fleeting foliage.

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