The history of the Forest of Anlier is long. It is said that Julius Caesar wrote about this forest in his travel reports. The landscape is full of variations, from hillsides with fields through valleys with side rivers of the Sûre and forests with either trees that show the greatest autumn colours or conifers that stay thick and green all the year long.
This path is between such areas with conifers and there was little light when we walked here. The path is muddy, the sides are overgrown with mosses and behind the first or second line of trees there is only a grey shadowed area where the ground is covered with fallen branches. This area was planted for the production of nice straight trees that could be used in the industry. As the trees stand so close together only the top branches are green. Behind the curves in the path there is another area, where more daylight can reach the forest ground.
My husband Peter made several pictures of these muddy, dark paths and I chose this one for a charcoal drawing.
More information about this drawing can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com
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