The Turpentine Tree Frazer Sutherland to look seventy years of

to look seventy years of history – and the human condition – squarely in the eye

of the imagination can look like

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diverse use of classical and free forms and entertaining incidents

and be left with a new appreciation of what makes us human

The Turpentine Tree Frazer Sutherland to look seventy years ofThe Turpentine Tree employs strong, sensuous imagery to explore displacement, solitude and the search for connection. Drawing on memories from a life uprooted by time spent at sea, widowhood, and loss, she conjures vivid portraits of family, friends and loved ones. Often these recollections are bittersweet, recalling friends and lovers lost, including her later partner, Dannie Abse. From her experiences of loss and solitude come landscapes of silence: