Teunis Ploeg

Two trees. Two worlds. Two ways of seeing.

These paintings were inspired by The Two Trees, a poem by W. B. Yeats that explores the relationship between the inner self and the world as we perceive it.

In this  painting, a woman reaches out to a living tree, surrounded by green hills and a canopy of golden leaves. The tree becomes a place of connection, growth and belonging.

The two paintings are conceived as a diptych: separate works that find their fuller meaning in relation to one another.