Image size 95cm x 145cm (framed size 115cm x 165cm)
Watercolour on Paper
£7,500

This was the image that changed my painting style completely back in 2007. All the subjects I paint are intrinsically linked to the technical capabilities and limitations  watercolour. This is after all a main stay in the development and construction of any Überpainting. The Birch tree has become almost a symbol of the medium,  it is one of my major motif’s. To see more water colour paintings of silver birch trees you  can  click here to be taken to another example in the originals gallery.

I have been drawn to birch trees because they are white, and white to a water colourist is like a moth to a flame. White is the mirror that we reflect our entire tone and palette from. White is the start and end to every painting.

I remember seeing a stand of birch trees in spring with a low cold sun shining on their bark after a rain storm; they contrasted magnificently with the passing of the dark clouds in the background. This was crucial in compounding my development as a water colourist. To me only watercolour can truly capture contrasts such as this.

For more information or to purchase this original watercolour painting feel free to email me at info@mjforster.com