“The ‘singing tree’ is the name I gave to a particular tree in Mumbai, which I would see on a daily basis and over a number of years. The tree was viewed, from above and at some distance, from Howard Hodgkin's Mumbai studio balcony, where I was his assistant over many years. The tree was constantly shaking under the weight of a ‘murder’ of crows, cawing incessantly. The painting is my interpretation of what might lie under the tree. The collage elements are taken from my own personal photographic library.” - Andy Barker