Watercolour by Alexandra Blum of an urban forest with early spring leaves under a layered grey sky

Alexandra Blum, ‘Slow Contemplation, Spring 2026’, watercolour on paper, 23 x 30.5 cm, 2026

There had been a week of spring sun in the run up to making this painting, but I began this image on a grey day and became interested in the contrast between layered greys and the gradual spread of fresh leaves. The trees in the foreground gradually took on a transparent quality when the emerging leaves began to fragment their previously stark silhouettes, dissolving the outline of bare branches.

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Detail of a watercolour by Alexandra Blum focussing on layers of grey clouds and trees with spring leaves reaching up towards the sky

Alexandra Blum, Detail from ‘Slow Contemplation, Spring 2026’, watercolour on paper, 23 x 30.5 cm, 2026

Detail of watercolour by Alexandra Blum focussing on transparency of trees as they begin to grow spring leaves

Alexandra Blum, Detail from ‘Slow Contemplation, Spring 2026’, watercolour on paper, 23 x 30.5 cm, 2026

Detail of watercolour by Alexandra Blum focussing on relationship between buildings and trees

Alexandra Blum, Detail from ‘Slow Contemplation, Spring 2026’, watercolour on paper, 23 x 30.5 cm, 2026

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