Richard Geraint Evans

I draw trees and add their GPS reference. So you can venture out to find them and enjoy their company.

Before the storm

Autopsy

A morning stroll through a non-silicon valley. How utterly refreshing. #trees

An Iranian oak in Kew Gardens

I'm supposed to be drawing an olive tree in Greece. I'm easily distracted ...

Sketchbooksketch

This morning I was greeted by this enormous insect. A beautiful Egyptian grasshopper - 70mm long!

I think this is what oranges are supposed to look like. They certainly taste a thousand times better than the ones in my local supermarket.

I can do so much on my smartphone. If only I could clearly see the screen on a sunny day.

Pines near Romanyà de la Selva.

Guns everywhere ...

For 20 yrs I haven't slept well. I'll try again tonight.

"Dyson launches £420 toothbrush that films ‘live cleaning footage’ inside your mouth." Just what we've always wanted 🤥

Too early!

My drawings are detailed and faithful to the actual tree. I'd like you to easily recognise the tree if you use the coordinates to find it!

Prints at gpstrees.com Framed prints at Petworth House, West Sussex.

Oak on the edge.

1000 years older than Christianity

Seed case lid. But which plant?

Heaven!

". . . what the world needs is not just economic degrowth but ecological regrowth. We need a system of trade, currency, taxation, incentives that rewards countries and companies for restoring the world’s battered ecosystems.". Jonathan Watts Global Environment Editor, Guardian

Chronologically: - The tree dates from BC 1000 (Iron Age begins) - The church dates from AD 1200 (King John & the Magna Carta) - The shed dates from AD 1983 (Gimme All Your Lovin', ZZ Top)

Huge thanks to those who've already bought prints from my store gpstrees.com Framing suggestion: Try a cost effective thin black or white frame with a deep white mount. Include a 5-10 mm white margin between the drawing's grey background and the mount window 👇👍

This Sunday, enjoy your nut roast or sweet chestnut stuffing and think of me, the grower. 400 freezing winters, 146,100 days fighting disease, 525 autumn months enduring thrown sticks, and in 1682 I was disabled by a fallow deer. But in spite of everything I keep going and I keep growing.

Shinrin-yoku

Empathy. Our humanity depends on it. Empathy reduces cruelty & encourages kindness. It helps us cooperate & resolve disagreements. It strengthens relationships & protects dignity. Empathy feeds compassion & fairness. Some of us are more empathic than others. Some claim to have no empathy at all!

It's taken me nearly 60 years to realise that imperfection IS perfection.

Parched

I discovered that it's possible to grow a tree at an altitude of 30,000 ft.

900 years to go

This longhorn beetle landed right next to my sandwich. What a beauty.

Walking the 'Serpent Trail' and found this wonderful ancient sweet chestnut. Blue water bottle for scale!

Sweet chestnut drawing

gpstrees.com

A quick sketch with a handwritten note on the back. It takes a little time, but I think our time is one of the greatest gifts of all.

A bee fly. A cute fly.

Family fun or witchcraft?!

Ancient ash. Work in progress

I get knocked down ...

Isle of Wight

Happy Valentine's day 💚 Make someone else's life extraordinary ...

During my art college/career, creative learning taught me more than just how to express ideas. It made me curious about stuff, the simple, the complex, everything. But I now think that I overthink, always seeking meaning, not just description. Is meaning the meaning of art ...?