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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.