Fit Stick — Original Ink Drawing on Paper — University of Birmingham — Warren Drawing Trees

An original pen and ink drawing of a tree outside a gym at the University of Birmingham, by Birmingham artist Warren Garland (Warren Drawing Trees).
Found standing awkwardly yet proudly outside a local gym entrance — a place where effort, performance, and solitude coexist. Slim and alone, it suits the setting. Whether surrounded by spandex and red faces or left in the quiet of early morning light, this tree holds its space like a stoic personal trainer with no clients.
The University of Birmingham is one of the UK’s great redbrick universities, its Edgbaston campus a mix of Victorian architecture, open green space, and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts next door. This tree was drawn there on location, quietly minding its own business outside the sports centre.
Fit Stick offers a humorous and unexpectedly tender moment of observation — capturing the contrast between public spaces and personal rituals. A tall, slim sentinel for the introverted exerciser and the observant outsider.
One-of-a-kind. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
Details:
• Medium: Lightfast black ink on 150gsm acid-free paper
• Size: 25 × 25cm
• Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
• Signed on the front
• One-of-a-kind original (not a reproduction or print)
• Ships flat with protective backing and eco-conscious packaging
• Made in Birmingham, UK

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