Pinewoods Works on Paper
59. Sois-bois, undergrowth and tree trunks II

soft pastel on Khadi watercolour paper,
43 cm x 40 cm,
Iain White, 2020,
£252

Adopting a reductionist approach to the hummocky forest floor and bases of the tree trunks, this soft pastel work simplifies the sois-bois composition into abstract shapes. Nonetheless their juxtaposition and colour convey much to the viewer. The browns, pinks, and purple of the Ericas, the heather, the bell, and cross-leaved heather; the light greens and yellows of the bilberry and cowberry; the yellow-green and white of the weft forming pleurocarpus mosses, liverworts, and lichens are all evident beneath the dark trunks.

59. Sois-bois, undergrowth and tree trunks II

soft pastel on Khadi watercolour paper,
43 cm x 40 cm,
Iain White, 2020,
£252

Adopting a reductionist approach to the hummocky forest floor and bases of the tree trunks, this soft pastel work simplifies the sois-bois composition into abstract shapes. Nonetheless their juxtaposition and colour convey much to the viewer. The browns, pinks, and purple of the Ericas, the heather, the bell, and cross-leaved heather; the light greens and yellows of the bilberry and cowberry; the yellow-green and white of the weft forming pleurocarpus mosses, liverworts, and lichens are all evident beneath the dark trunks.