Yews & Trees
Ancient trees have been venerated through the ages, their fabulous presence a significant element in the spirit of the landscape.
Researching sacred sites of Britain led Hans to discover the ancient yews of the British Isles. These remarkable trees can live for many thousands of years and marked sacred sites long before the advent of Christianity and the churchyards with which they are so often associated today. The enormous age of many yew trees, botanists now agree on up to and over 2000 years, make them one of the oldest living organisms on earth.
Hans Diebschlag has been portraying these trees in watercolour since 2004 and has made two research trips to Wales as well as numerous excursions nearer to home to photograph new subjects.
Yew trees also feature in the series of paintings on the life of the Tibetan buddhist saint Milarepa so visit the Milarepa gallery for more images of yews.
Publications
Two of Hans's yew paintings are included in the book "Yew: A History" by Fred Hageneder (2007 Sutton Publishing) also published in German as "Die Eibe in neuem Licht" (2007 Neue Erde)
Text and Images Copyright Hans Diebschlag All Rights Reserved.
Ancient trees have been venerated through the ages, their fabulous presence a significant element in the spirit of the landscape.
Researching sacred sites of Britain led Hans to discover the ancient yews of the British Isles. These remarkable trees can live for many thousands of years and marked sacred sites long before the advent of Christianity and the churchyards with which they are so often associated today. The enormous age of many yew trees, botanists now agree on up to and over 2000 years, make them one of the oldest living organisms on earth.
Hans Diebschlag has been portraying these trees in watercolour since 2004 and has made two research trips to Wales as well as numerous excursions nearer to home to photograph new subjects.
Yew trees also feature in the series of paintings on the life of the Tibetan buddhist saint Milarepa so visit the Milarepa gallery for more images of yews.
Publications
Two of Hans's yew paintings are included in the book "Yew: A History" by Fred Hageneder (2007 Sutton Publishing) also published in German as "Die Eibe in neuem Licht" (2007 Neue Erde)
Text and Images Copyright Hans Diebschlag All Rights Reserved.
Tandridge Yew (2010)
Watercolour on paper
76 x 56 cm
Reserved
Hans returns to the portrayal of these evocative trees with the enormous yew that grows in a nearby Surrey churchyard.
The Sacred Yew by Anand Chetan and Diana Brueton is an intriguing book that rediscovers the ancient Tree of Life through the work of Allen Meredith. The extract below is from The Sacred Yew.
"At Tandridge in Surrey is an immense tree. Very tall for a yews, it has a girth of 35 feet and a presence that can be felt throughout the churchyard. Allen estimates its age as in excess of 2,500 years. Tandridge provided a very particular piece of dating evidence. The tree is about 25 feet from the church, which has Saxon foundations. In the crypt it is clearly visible that the Saxon builders constructed stone vaulting over the tree's root. While this shows that the Saxons were respectful of the tree's needs, it convincingly proves that even at that time the tree was fully grown"
Watercolour on paper
76 x 56 cm
Reserved
Hans returns to the portrayal of these evocative trees with the enormous yew that grows in a nearby Surrey churchyard.
The Sacred Yew by Anand Chetan and Diana Brueton is an intriguing book that rediscovers the ancient Tree of Life through the work of Allen Meredith. The extract below is from The Sacred Yew.
"At Tandridge in Surrey is an immense tree. Very tall for a yews, it has a girth of 35 feet and a presence that can be felt throughout the churchyard. Allen estimates its age as in excess of 2,500 years. Tandridge provided a very particular piece of dating evidence. The tree is about 25 feet from the church, which has Saxon foundations. In the crypt it is clearly visible that the Saxon builders constructed stone vaulting over the tree's root. While this shows that the Saxons were respectful of the tree's needs, it convincingly proves that even at that time the tree was fully grown"
hans diebschlag
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