Trees removed from famous paintings by Edinburgh scientist Published duration 13 January 2013

image caption Dr Woodhouse used photo-editing software to remove the trees from Constable's The Haywain

image caption He also erased trees from Seurat's Sunday afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte

image caption Van Gogh's Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun also had the trees taken out

Famous landscape paintings have been recreated without trees by an Edinburgh University scientist to draw attention to the value of woods and forests.

Dr Iain Woodhouse removed trees from Constable's The Haywain, Seurat's Sunday afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte, and Van Gogh's Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun.

He hopes his work will highlight the threat of global deforestation.

He said: "It is crucial that trees do not disappear from our landscapes."

Dr Woodhouse, an expert in the satellite mapping of forests, used photo-editing software to erase the trees from the famous works.