Often in Adrianna’s works, the influence of the seasons is clear to behold, and no less so in this piece. Whilst it has been some time since she has painted a direct study of a tree, this feels like one of her strongest yet. Summer is over, autumn has ended or is just about to - this old and weathered chestnut tree steels itself for a wild and harsh winter - but one that we can sense it has the core strength to withstand. Painted with oil paint on a deep 3.5cm stretched canvas - the painting wraps around the sides of the canvas allowing the painting to be hung directly without framing.