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Visiting Trees... For Real
August 14, 2017
Enough talking... In Early August 2017, Tim and I decided it was time to leave the usual haunt of the modern day artist, the coffee shop, and venture out into the bush to visit some actual Eucalyptus trees. Luckily Sydney has large tracts of National Park sitting like lungs in the middle of the suburban anatomy. And so a visit to Lane Cove National Park was planned. There are some great trees in the the Lane Cove National Park. An early image with a. female form made it into the final book.
Melody Tree
October 23, 2017
This Lemon-Scented Gum was photographed just at the time when it was shedding bark. I was very struck by the squarish shapes and soon after, while driving home, was hearing a kind of angular, lilting melody for violin. This eventually became the main theme for the concert work.
First Melody Sketch
October 16, 2017
After first photographing the Lemon-scent Gum bark I began hearing some angular melodies. I captured these in my notebook in graphic shapes. You can see here the shape of what eventually became the central motivic element of the concert work. The noted melody can be seen in the gallery here on the right.