Ashtead Common - The Ghost Trees

The Ghosts of Ashtead Common If you know Ashtead Common, then you will be aware of the fast number of dead or dying tress we have. The ones I refer to are the burnt out remains of once glorious Oaks, Ash or Elm. Some have defied death and grown new green shoots to start a new life; others stand, still proud, bearing charcoal lungs and resembling mythological statures. My colour images are an attempt to show some ‘softness’ in their decay; whereas the Monochrome depict the true nature of their stark realism.