This second homage from award-winning artist Lucy Pittaway, who has galleries in Yarm and across North Yorkshire and Cumbria, will continue to both honour the tree and enhance the environment and wider community. Following the felling of the tree in September 2023, Yorkshire-based artist Lucy was inundated with requests to immortalise it in a painting. At first reluctant, Lucy agreed only if its creation could become part of its legacy and contribute positively to the environment and the community.
Her pledge to plant a tree for every print sold of her painting ‘Sycamore Gap’ has seen 1,000 trees planted at Swinton Estate to create a woodland commemorating the tree, with more than 2,500 additional trees ready to be planted elsewhere. Determined to continue to honour the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree and contribute trees across the UK and further afield, Lucy has now created ‘Tree of Hope’, her second homage to the landmark. Lucy Pittaway with her Tree of Hope painting, her second homage to the felled Sycamore Gap tree (Image: DAWN SHAEFER) As with Sycamore Gap , Lucy has pledged to plant a tree for every print of ‘Tree of Hope’ sold.
Additionally, she will also donate 25 per cent to the National Trust Plant a Tree initiative from the sale of the original. Lucy said: “When creating my initial painting I wanted to make sure it acted as a fitting legacy for the tree and positively gave back to the environment and the community. I’m thrilled that through that pi.
