The Ash Tree

Based on one of the popular ghost stories written by M. R. James called 'The Ash Tree'.

A witch buried beneath an unlucky ash tree plays a central role. Longing for children, but prevented from doing so due to suspicion and a death sentence of witchcraft. She unleashes her revenge from her grave in the form of her newly acquired eight-legged ‘children’. They wreak havoc throughout the village and poison the man who signed her death warrant. The story is brought to a close as the tree is burnt to the ground unearthing her remains and killing the large spiders that inhabited its hollow trunk.

I enjoyed painting the surreal and abstract element to this picture; it makes it more interesting and enabled me to be more creative.

My sincerest thanks to lovelessdevotions for suggesting this as a DD and to Aeirmid for featuring it. I'm very flattered! I really appreciate the support and all the comments!