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Tansy Lee Moir
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Making art inspired by ancient trees. Creating light and movement in charcoal, pastel and oils. Teaching the magic of drawing.
Edinburgh
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Spring is coming! A beech tree in the #scottishborders for #thicktrunktuesday
@tansyleemoir.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
‘Masquerade’
Charcoal on wood panel
110 x 70cm

Soon to be on the walls of Custom House Gallery, Leith in ‘More Than Human’ with Inês-Hermione Mulford, open 14th - 17th March.
March 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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March 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Here for you this #thicktrunktuesday is a truly huge beech in a Scottish bluebell woodland.
@treeshepherd.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
My charcoal drawing ‘Apparition’ will be on show soon in ‘More Than Human’, a joint exhibition with Inês-Hermione Mulford, highlighting our connections and parallels with the natural, more than human world.
14th – 17th March, Custom House Gallery, Leith
Opening: Friday 14th 6–8pm
Talk: Sunday 2-3pm
February 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Time travel via tree rings
February 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Some trees seem to ooze energy and character, they stop me in my tracks. I draw the trees that make you say ‘wow’ out loud. This is one of them, a downy birch covered in witches’ brooms.

‘Bowsie’
Charcoal and conté on wood panel
30 x 30cm
Available now from Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly
February 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
When we regard the natural world, we can’t help but see ourselves reflected back, seeing our faces in the clouds, our forms within the lines of trees.
‘More Than Human’, a joint exhibition with Inês-Hermione Mulford.
Custom House, Leith 14th–17th March
Opening event Friday 14th 6–8pm
February 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Here for you this #thicktrunktuesday is a big beech tree with a powerful grip on the earth.
Scottish Borders
@treeshepherd.bsky.social @rainb47.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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February 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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the river in the wood
February 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Coming soon…I have 3 small works in this members’ show.

Art & Nature Collective’s First AGM Exhibition
'The Nature of Art'

✎ Dates: 1st – 30th March 2025
📍Location: Green Gallery, Dundee Botanic Garden
🌟Opening Event: 1st March, 2–4 PM - you’re invited!
February 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Witch’s broom growths against a clear winter sky create an irresistible combination of delicate twigginess and diffuse fuzziness for this charcoal artist.

‘Knurlt’
Charcoal and conté on wood panel
30 x 30cm
Available now from Kilmorack Gallery
February 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here for you this #thicktrunktuesday is a Scots pine thriving on a beach of glacial sands.
@treeshepherd.bsky.social @rainb47.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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'Across Bogs (Duckboards)'
Charcoal
-Marks on Maps-
February 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I can’t really say why I made this drawing, why I saw the trees in this way, only that it was a ghost I needed to make visible.

‘Leaning into shadows’
Charcoal on canvas
110 x 70cm
February 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My drawing wand in action today - it’s one of my favourite tools, which I made from a nice dry hogweed stem picked last autumn. It’s surprisingly strong, feels light and responsive and has a hollow centre perfect to poke a bit of charcoal into.
February 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I tried to get into the skin of a tree with this drawing. How does it feel to be moving like this beech? What does that twist feel like in my own body? Would I wear my own scars with as much dignity and grace?

‘Transfigured’
Charcoal on panel
51 x 33cm
February 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Macbeth “shall never vanquished be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him."

The Birnam Oak, Perthshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is associated with Shakespeare’s Scottish play which, it has to be said, rather misrepresents the Macbeth dynasty.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
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February 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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@phewtus.bsky.social Good Morning Lady of the Trees🌳🌱
Ancient offering from the Dark Hedges - have a great #ThickTrunkTuesday! ☘️🤗☘️
February 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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good morning treepeople and happy #thicktrunktuesday
February 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1052 and a very happy #thicktrunktuesday
February 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Here for you this #thicktrunktuesday is an ancient oak that has been sculpting itself over centuries, (with some human and animal intervention) creating the form we see today.
Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
@treeshepherd.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If the trees could talk, would you be able to hear them? What if they have been whispering all this time? Shhh world, I’m trying to listen.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
First trip to Calder Wood after the storm, some of the old friends have lost limbs but most are still standing
February 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM