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Crichton beeches

Cold, clear winter days give a wonderful light for photographing old trees.  I found this group of beeches near Crichton on a day out scouting for new drawing locations. Many have interesting graffiti as well as lots of forms to investigate, and can be seen on an Ordnance Survey map of 1843-1882 - I'll be back!

Pastel for Peru

This pastel of an old beech on the Novar Estate near Alness is heading for Peru soon. Writer Jorge Aliaga visited my show 'Time made wood' and bought the work to hang in his study at his home in Lima.  He also interviewed me about the work - for any Spanish speakers you can read his piece here. (...)

Opening night

'Time made wood' opened with a great party and lots of interest.  Gallery 3 in art's complex is the perfect space for the show and I'm really pleased with the way all the pieces work together.  Thanks so much to all the family and friends who helped me to organise (...)

Time Made Wood exhibition

It's getting very close to the opening of my first solo show in Gallery 3 art's complex and preparations are well under way.  The exhibition will feature a series of large charcoal works and smaller pastels, along with some of the field studies, all based on individual trees (...)

Animating a drawing

I had my first attempt at a time-lapse recording of the drawing process last weekend. Although it's not great technically (I was using a very basic set up) I'm pleased with the result and intrigued by the way it affected the drawing itself.  Having to manually capture each photo meant that I had more time to consider each set of (...)

Drawing in the woods

Recently spent a slightly soggy day drawing at Ardvorlich, on the south side of Loch Earn.  It was too wet for charcoal but managed to find some good subjects in the beautiful native woodlands there. This old oak by the shore had been set on fire at least twice but still looked like it would last another couple of centuries.

Upcoming Drawing Trip

I’m off on my next drawing trip on the 14th October to St Fillans, a little village in Perthshire which has some ancient woodland nearby. I plan to explore the idea of 360* drawings of individual trees and do some big messy charcoal drawings too.

Upcoming exhibition

‘Time Made Wood’ - Drawings and mixed media works inspired by ancient trees from artist Tansy Lee Moir.

Gallery 3, art’s complex, St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh Preview 18th November, exhibition runs 19th – 27th November 10.00am – 7.00pm

‘Time Made Wood’ is Tansy Lee Moir’s first solo show, featuring works which will make you look at trees in a whole new way. This selection of charcoal and mixed (...)

An MSP and his tree

I'm proud to share news of my recent trip to the Scottish Parliament to present one of my pictures to Neil Findlay, MSP for the Lothians. It will hang in his office - one of those Miralles designed ones with the cosy 'thinkpod', although as we saw on the tour that Neil and his researcher Tommy kindly gave, there's not much (...)