A drawing-in-progress of native flora near my home and in my garden. The Lilly Pilly fruits will be made into jam while the Grevilleas provide food for the bees.
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The nearby pine tree has dropped quite a few pine cones, all in different states of decay. I enjoy looking at the different shapes, sizes and colours of each cone, each with its unknown story.
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Banksia grandis is a banksia that is of medium height with large candles. The eyes contain seeds that come out with fire.
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Pen on paper drawing of a Bull Banksia candle.
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Drawing with sharpie of a tree leaf from the garden.
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Testing out new processes printing leaves using block printing ink.
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Banksia grandis is a large species of banksia found in the southwest region of Western Australia. It grows quite commonly in nearby forest.
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Drawing Prompt Submission
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A busy day today in the studio continuing to experiment with the addition of colour.
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Stairs and buildings in an abstract, geometric city.
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The forest nearby is full of baby banksias growing in poor gravelly/sandy soil which they do better in. The little one was growing on the edge of a gravel road.
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Watercolour of a Grevillea species that I found on a day trip Margaret River.
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Continuing to look at the mysteries of plants used as bush medicine by Indigenous people in the East Kimberley of Western Australia. These two plants are common throughout the area. The one on the left is used for colds and the right for soap. How many of us would know what to look for?
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The start of a new project drawing and painting plants in water colours. These leaves are from a Wattle also called an Acacia in the nearby forest.
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Drawing of a banksia nut from the nearby forest in the Southwest of Western Australia.
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The Prickly Hakea is an interesting plant that grows in southwestern Western Australia.
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Abstract line drawing while thinking about the different rock formations found in caves, cliffs, hills and those in my rock collection.
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There are only a few lovely large pine trees near my home in the Southwest of Western Australia. This little sprig was found on a walk where there was only the one pine tree in amongst the other trees.
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Fuschia flowers from the garden which are a favourite with the New Holland Honeyeaters.
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One in a series of works (still in progress) done in collaboration with friend and colleague, Viv McDermott. We now live 3000km apart and send each other pieces of work to develop and send back.
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Warm and cool winds mixing and blowing over sand ridges. A memory from living on the edge of a desert in Western Australia. Sometimes, walking the early morning the air is still cool in the shade of the trees, but the moment you step out into the sun, it is already hot.