An artist has created a second artwork to commemorate a 'tragically felled tree.'

Lucy Pittaway, who has galleries in Keswick and Bowness-on-Windermere, 'captured the public's imagination' with her first painting of Sycamore Gap, which was cut down in September 2023.

The award-winning artist pledged to plant a tree for every print sold of her painting, which saw 1,000 trees planted at Swinton Estate to create a woodland commemorating the tree, with more than 2,500 additional trees ready to be planted elsewhere.

She has now created a second painting, titled 'Tree of Hope,' to continue honouring the 'legacy' of the Sycamore Gap tree.

As with her first painting, the artist has pledged to plant a tree for every print of Tree of Hope sold.

Additionally, she will also donate 25 per cent to the National Trust Plant a Tree initiative from the sale of the original.

Ms Pittaway said: "When creating my initial painting I wanted to make sure it acted as a fitting legacy for the tree and positively gave back to the environment and the community.

"I'm thrilled that through that piece we have been able to already plant 1,000 trees and have more than 2,500 trees to plant in other locations across the UK.

"These trees, along with the thriving saplings which have been created using the original tree, truly represent hope, positivity and something good emerging from a terrible sadness.

"The new painting, Tree of Hope, depicts the sun breaking through the clouds above the fresh shoots of Sycamore Gap.

"After that initial sadness on hearing the news of the felling of the tree, to see life emerging is so wonderful and was what inspired me to create this new piece and to continue helping commemorate the tree however we can."