Tree Study - Graphite and Gouache IV - Small

13 x 17 | A series of 6 drawings, beautifully highlighted with gouache. The depiction of trees in art history has served practical, scientific, and symbolic purposes. The mid 1700s to the late 1800s was the golden age of botanical illustration. Artists and scientists would travel together to document newly discovered species from around the world. The resulting illustrations, often drawn on a plain background to emphasize the specimen, would become important to art and culture as well as scientific documentation.