When it’s on John and Amy Higgins’ lawn across from Lake of the Isles, is 20 feet tall and gets an annual public sharpening ...

Higgins said losing the old oak tree was like losing a friend ... he decided to turn the stump into a work of art. David Reese, an artisanal pencil sharpener, was among those who gathered to ...

It's carved out of what remains of the base of the old oak ... how art form relates to the human eye, John says. "Then he saw it, just like Michelangelo, he saw this pencil within this tree ...

At 39, he's been creating elaborate pencil renderings of magnificent old trees for more ... create an original drawing. He works from photos and sketches. The Baranoff Oak took him four months ...

The Great Trees of Cumbria Exhibition will feature pencil drawings by Tony Galuidi ... are notable for their historical significance. This oak tree is said to conceal the bodies of soldiers ...

A school in Maharashtra's Wai town has given an artistic makeover to a dead ''silver oak'' tree by transforming its stump into the shape of a pencil instead ... new piece of art located at its ...

A school in Maharashtra’s Wai town has given an artistic makeover to a dead ‘silver oak’ tree by transforming its stump into the shape of a pencil instead ... new piece of art located ...