treeoftheweek is a result of a love of black and white photography and encounters with incredible trees that occur during my work as a consulting forester. Included are images of accidental finds as well as trees I have actively sought.

The motivation for the project is a desire to capture the unique beauty of trees while creating a visual record of what might be lost to the gathering pace of environmental change.

The selected mediums are brushed aluminium and plywood. The contrast of the aluminium and organic subject matter gives the piece a crisp contemporary feel while the reflective quality causes the artwork to shift with changing light.

The plywood offers an obvious tangible link to the trees themselves, while the aging of the veneer (exposed to sunlight) allows the artwork to attain greater warmth over time.

– David Browning -