Furu - Pinus silvestris L. by Olaf Alfred Hoffstad Material:225g Fine Art Paper the gradation handled with the

the gradation handled with the controlled spontaneity of the Shijo school

atmosphere

Sekka understood that abstraction and ornamentation are not opposites

giving the overall composition a soft

it evokes a quiet sense of wanderlust

Furu - Pinus silvestris L. by Olaf Alfred Hoffstad Material:225g Fine Art Paper the gradation handled with theHoffstad's illustration of Pinus silvestris the Scots pine confronts one of Scandinavian nature's most architecturally complex subjects. The image documents the pine's distinctive features with botanical rigour: needle clusters in paired fascicles, the asymmetric cone, the characteristic bark texture suggested through careful line rather than heavy shading. There is something almost contemplative about the composition the tree reduced to its essential