This piece is by Margaret Preston and I called ‘Old Banksia tree’ though it may be perceived as a willow tree. It is a wood block print which I some of her signature ways of designing artwork. She has set the old, abandoned tree in a spot near many small dead twigs, the remains of the surrounding trees. The sky is clear with one simple cluod directly behind the tree taking up almost all of the background. The tree has streaks of light olive green running thorough it and it has many dieing leaves with the sunlight shining though them. He leaves are a yellow/orange and the tree looks haunted depending on different people’s impressions. The main focal point is the tree which is placed in the fore ground and the whole piece consists of sharp lines and cool colours exept on the leaves were you get flashes of warm colours to show differences in the work. The way that Margaret Preston had overlapped some of the branches has showed depth and how the branches on the right seep down into the ground like the twigs on the other side. This a very deep space.
