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Named for the May blossom of the Hawthorn tree — revered in Irish and British folklore as a portal to the faerie realm, so sacred that hawthorn trees are rarely felled in rural Ireland even today. Tweedie uses this myth as a lens through which to consider modern landscape: the Hawthorn provides nectar for pollinators, cover for dormice, food for migrating birds, and vital habitat as climate change reshapes our environment. The painting itself — warm earths and creams, a softly abstracted cityscape, layers of pigment washes over impasto — feels like something between memory and myth. A deeply considered work.
Medium
Mixed media on cotton canvas
Size
104 cm × 104 cm (framed)
Framing
Off white hand-painted tray frame
Named for the May blossom of the Hawthorn tree — revered in Irish and British folklore as a portal to the faerie realm, so sacred that hawthorn trees are rarely felled in rural Ireland even today. Tweedie uses this myth as a lens through which to consider modern landscape: the Hawthorn provides nectar for pollinators, cover for dormice, food for migrating birds, and vital habitat as climate change reshapes our environment. The painting itself — warm earths and creams, a softly abstracted cityscape, layers of pigment washes over impasto — feels like something between memory and myth. A deeply considered work.
Medium
Mixed media on cotton canvas
Size
104 cm × 104 cm (framed)
Framing
Off white hand-painted tray frame