I WANT TO BE A TREE

I WANT TO BE A TREE

Bark Painting © Gosia Walton
Treebody © Gosia Walton
Sad eyes © Gosia Walton
Nightime tea © Gosia Walton
I want to be a tree © Gosia Walton
I want to be a tree © Gosia Walton
I have everything I have nothing © Gosia Walton
Belly © Gosia Walton
Bad day © Gosia Walton

REST NEST

The Forest Studio

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A botanical illustration of two tulip flowers with detailed line work on a textured background.

Language

Hand-drawn sketch of a person's face with text saying 'Don't worry about the pre' and some decorative and abstract lines.

Absurdity

Abstract red digital art with graffiti-style white text over a red background.
A drawing of a scientist with glasses and a lab coat, holding a beaker, made with brown cinnamon powder on a white surface.

Skin

Nonsense

An art gallery with a pink wall featuring a colorful abstract painting, large wooden ladders on either side, and a blurred person walking in the foreground.

Exhibitions &
Showcases

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Chalk drawing of a fox on a dark wooden surface with a background of wood grain.

Forest Studio Shop

These works are drawn from the land, using bark paper and pigments gathered from the skin of trees. You’ll see bodies melt into roots, spines loop back, and eyes that don’t blink.
Some pieces carry words, others a pulse of colour, all leaning toward the body as landscape. Drawing made this way is magical, and holding one will protect you.

Forest Shop

These works are drawn from the land, using bark paper and pigments gathered from the skin of trees. You’ll see bodies melt into roots, spines loop back, and eyes that don’t blink.
Some pieces carry words, others a pulse of colour, all leaning toward the body as landscape. Drawing made this way is magical, and holding one will protect you.

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Person lying on the floor surrounded by watercolor paintings on newspapers.

Forest Studio Shop

These works are drawn from the land, using bark paper and pigments gathered from the skin of trees. You’ll see bodies melt into roots, spines loop back, and eyes that don’t blink.
Some pieces carry words, others a pulse of colour, all leaning toward the body as landscape. Drawing made this way is magical, and holdg one will protect you.

Gosia’s Story

I hope you are reading this while lying down!

After Covid, my body intervened. Long Covid slowed everything down. Rest became unavoidable. I lie down more than most people. I choose carefully what I do with my energy. When I push through exhaustion, it feels like my head is wrapped in a plastic bag. This physical reality forced a shift in how I work and what I value. Rest entered my practice not as a theme, but as material.

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Close-up view of two tree trunks with textured bark and visible knots, in a forest setting.

Forest Studio Shop

These works are drawn from the land, using bark paper and pigments gathered from the skin of trees. You’ll see bodies melt into roots, spines loop back, and eyes that don’t blink.
Some pieces carry words, others a pulse of colour, all leaning toward the body as landscape. Drawing made this way is magical, and holding one will protect you.

Collaborations & Studio Visits

I would love to meet! My process is slow and material-led: I forage bark, make large-scale paper works, paint by the river, and work through my complicated relationship with rest. I move between studio and landscape, allowing weather, time and the body to shape the work. I welcome studio visits, shared experiments and potential collaborations.

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