The Last Tree on Earth
One dawn this spring I was watching the bronzy morning light on the tree outside my window, half asleep, drifting. I ‘saw’ an image of the last human in the world lying in the tree reaching for the last apple.
It was a powerful semi-lucid moment. I decided to paint the image to further my commitment to somehow keep planting trees through my art.
A series of paintings started to emerge.
A few days later I was asked by another artist to join her in exhibiting on the theme of Orchards in 2022 and see if we could find a historic orchard to reinstate working alongside a community Orchard Group.
She knows I am into tree planting but had no idea I had started painting apple trees. I was delighted to say ‘yes’ or rather ‘YES PLEASE!!!’ I feel more excited than I have felt all year. A new adventure and clarity of purpose.
We have a potential site for an orchard already. Things are moving fast. It’s exciting.
Series 12 x 12 inches. Acrylic on board.
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With love
Kirsten
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The Last Tree on Earth 
The Last Apple 
Angel of the Apple Trees 
Flourish – A Line in the Sand 
Apple Spirit 
Pip 
Apple Unicorn 
Red Horses 
Self Portrait as Apple Tree 
Adam and Eve 
The Apple Guardian 
Apple, my love 
Earth Apple 
First Garden 
Apple Knot
