Olivia O'Callaghan

The Last Tree: A Reflection on Ecological Terror

  • Drawing
    Memories of the Last Tree Pencil on Paper 50cmx25cm
  • Image of my drawing in the exhibition
    Sir John Soane Museum
  • Image of my drawing in the exhibition
    My Drawing 


It was an honour to have this displayed in the Soane Museum (London).  As one of my favourite museums, this achievement will stay with me forever.

The drawing depicts ecological terror, from the point of view of the last tree, when all other trees on earth have died out.  This remaining tree has become a deity in its own right, and now longer recognises its own image in the architecture that is inspired by its form.

“. . . anyone who wants to see the earth properly must keep himself at a necessary distance from it”

Graduate from the Bartlett School of Architecture (MArch). Studying esoterica and the benign passions of tree-tops. I talk to ghosts and they reveal to me the purpose of the moon – and then I draw it.

Based in London. Working in China.

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