“Artists and their Relationships with Trees” roots the “Talks Across Borders” Programme
What roles do trees play in artists’ practice? Why trees? How do artists interpret the provocation, “If Trees Could Talk”? Four artists will be sharing their perspectives next Tuesday 23 July at Ashburton Arts Centre in one of five ‘Talks Across Borders’ – a series of events in a Devon contribution to an International Art Festival.
Joe Webster is known for his fine art graffiti landscapes – and the monumental mural in Newton Abbot Town Centre which put the voices of 600 local people into the artwork.
Gordon Field is known for his Manifesto for the Trees. His relationship with the trees is more than artistic, it is spiritual. He is a renowned dowser. Trees inform his life, not just his work.
Jacqueline Wedlake Hatton’s artistic practices explore her profound connection with nature and how trees perform subtle acts of negotiation, as humans do, to maximise their growth.
Ann Blockley’s watercolour and mixed-media artworks are evocative, atmospheric and intuitive, capturing an elusive air of mystery and magic within Nature that lies tantalisingly between reality and the imagined.
The conversation is part of If Trees Could Talk Devon 2026 International Art Biennale in conjunction with Significant Seams here in Devon, and the Tuvmboa-Tunmba Children’s Museum of Philippine Art, Batangas, Philippines. Get your pay-what-you-can tickets now at wegottickets.com/IfTreesCouldTalk2026
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