‘Through an intense process of connecting, looking and drawing, my dialogue with trees asks not just what they look like, but also what looking at trees can tell us about ourselves.
Tansy Lee Moir
The grains of a tree can flow like a river, and it has limbs, a foot and a head, possibly breasts and buttocks too. It is an anatomical language we instantly recognise and, especially when the tree is old and gnarled, it is one we should venerate and listen to. Every bit of burr and missing bark tells a story, often one far beyond a human lifespan, and Tansy Lee Moir is one of the UK’s best chroniclers of these tales. For over twenty years, she has experimented with how different media, scale and the play of light can tell their stories, and the results record these conversations.
Tansy Lee Moir was born in Derbyshire, studied Three-Dimensional Design at Manchester University and now lives and works from her studio outside Edinburgh. She has exhibited widely throughout the UK and has curated many tree-loving exhibitions.