Pinewood Oil Paintings
34. Forest Clearing

oil on canvas, 50 cm x 50 cm,
Iain White, 2019,
£365 SOLD

The more extensive remnants of the pine forest occupy large intermontane basins such as those of Abernethy and Rothiemurchus. During the last Ice Age, these carried large piedmont glaciers that rather than retreating up valley in the Holocene simply decayed in situ, leading to a terrain of irregular relief and indeterminate drainage. Here in this clearing one such area of poor drainage and waterlogged soil restricts tree growth and determines the ground vegetation.

34. Forest Clearing

oil on canvas, 50 cm x 50 cm,
Iain White, 2019,
£365 SOLD

The more extensive remnants of the pine forest occupy large intermontane basins such as those of Abernethy and Rothiemurchus. During the last Ice Age, these carried large piedmont glaciers that rather than retreating up valley in the Holocene simply decayed in situ, leading to a terrain of irregular relief and indeterminate drainage. Here in this clearing one such area of poor drainage and waterlogged soil restricts tree growth and determines the ground vegetation.