Horse Chestnuts or Conkers

by Keith Cains

Raven in a Chestnut Tree

This is a horse chestnut tree growing in my garden:

  • I particularly liked the the perspective while looking up through the tree to the sky.
  • It was a painstaking painting and I worked on it for several days.
  • I added the raven to give a focal point, and I like how he is pre-occupied with stretching his wings.
Horse Chestnuts or Conkers

Horse chestnuts are used in a child’s game known as conkers where the conker is pierced and threaded on a string.

  • The object is for one player to attempt to break the opponent’s conker and knock it off the string.
  • My wife had a particular fondness for new conkers fresh from their shell, and usually had a few in her pocket.
  • She would also put them on the floor by the skirting, she said they would keep spiders away.
    • I don’t know if that is true, but the cats liked to play with them.

Horse Chestnuts or Conkers

by Keith Cains

This is a horse chestnut tree growing in my garden:

  • I particularly liked the the perspective while looking up through the tree to the sky.
  • It was a painstaking painting and I worked on it for several days.
  • I added the raven to give a focal point, and I like how he is pre-occupied with stretching his wings.
Raven in a Chestnut Tree

Raven in a Chestnut Tree

Horse Chestnuts or Conkers

Horse Chestnuts or Conkers

Horse chestnuts are used in a child’s game known as conkers where the conker is pierced and threaded on a string.

  • The object is for one player to attempt to break the opponent’s conker and knock it off the string.
  • My wife had a particular fondness for new conkers fresh from their shell, and usually had a few in her pocket.
  • She would also put them on the floor by the skirting, she said they would keep spiders away.
    • I don’t know if that is true, but the cats liked to play with them.