I have finally completed 4 new linocut designs. They are part of my Design Art Series and are designs using Australian Wildflowers. The last two are directly inspired and taken from own native garden. The first is Scarlet Banksia - Banksia coccinea This design is based on the Native Mistletoe - a parasitic native but... Continue Reading →
As usual for this time of year my Ivory Curl Flower Tree - Buckinghamia celsissima - puts on the most magnificent display of flowers. Every year this tree gets bigger and it is pointed out that perhaps it should be pruned but at this time of year there is no way I would consider pruning... Continue Reading →
Saw this video on youtube today...had a giggle... Followed up by the melodramatic
These two Blue Faced Honeyeaters - Entomyzon cyanotis - came to our garden yesterday in a great flurry and amongst raucous screeching and calling. They look like young birds who were being chased by the local vigilante native noisy miners - Manorina melanocephala. They decided to take refuge in amongst our poinciana tree. This is... Continue Reading →
Just off to the studio to make prints....some orders...and some of those new freshly carved designs...more soon!
Today - 26th is Australia Day - a public holiday here in Australia and a day to celebrate all things Australian - so today I am celebrating our unique wildflowers with some of my linocut designs. The Golden Wattle - Acacia pycnantha is the Australian floral emblem. Below is a design incorporating all the Australian... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 