About

Warren Drawing Trees is the practice of Birmingham artist Warren Garland — pen and ink drawings of urban and rural trees made on location across Birmingham, London, and beyond. Works are available as original drawings on hand-cast cement tiles, giclée prints, cyanotypes, and artist books.

Artist Statement

My drawing practice centres on trees, observed closely and drawn slowly, often with fineliner pen on paper or cement tile. These studies are rooted in walking: through parks, estates, edgelands, and neglected spaces where nature quietly persists — from Cannon Hill Park and Moseley Bog in Birmingham to Clissold Park in Hackney, Greenwich Park, the New Forest, and further afield in Athens and Lisbon.
Influenced by psychogeography, I’m interested in how place, memory, and mood intertwine, and how the act of wandering can reveal overlooked corners of both landscape and self. Each drawing is paired with a short text — part reflection, part observation — that offers a personal response to what I encounter. The process is slow and attentive, becoming a way to steady the mind and stay present.

Art Biography

Warren Garland (b. 1977, Birmingham) is a visual artist based in Birmingham, working under the name Warren Drawing Trees. His drawing practice focuses on urban and rural trees observed on location, executed in fineliner pen on paper and hand-cast cement tile, accompanied by short reflective texts exploring memory, place, and the act of noticing.
Garland holds an MFA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins (2010) and a BA in Fine Art from Solent University (2006). His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the ICA London, Hayward Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Sheen Centre in New York. In January 2026 he showed work at Galerie JJ Heckenhauer in Munich as part of the group exhibition Material Nature.

He has published two artist books through ikon Verlag: Hackney Trees (2023) and Drawing Collection 2021–2025 (2025), both limited editions combining original drawings with written reflections. His work has also been included in What is an Art Book? Volume 4, published by ikon Verlag.
His approach is shaped by a psychogeographic sensibility: walking, drifting, and observing how place shapes experience and emotion.