Unable to resist these Waratah at the Adelaide Famers Market I then picked this Lemon-Flowered Gum (E. woodwardii) from a street tree to compliment them. The two looked great together and I just had to paint them.
Acrylic on canvas
91.5cm x 77cm
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In winter, golden explosions of wattle come to delight and warm us. I find all the different forms of wattle endlessly fascinating.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 61 x 91.4 cm
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You would not believe the chatter and noise from these birds when the flowering gum flowers are in bloom. They sit in Mum’s pear tree and chat to her in the mornings and evenings and she noted their absence for a few days - I found them in the flowering gum on Tusmore Avenue. They move to the flowers. Grow more flowering trees.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 76.2 x 91.4 cm
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Milkmaids, Burchardia umbellata - these blooms are on one stem that has starchy roots used for food.
Acrylic on canvas, 76.2 x 76.2 cm
Framed in black wooden box frame - ready to hang
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I am fascinated by the graceful complexity of the grevillea. A symphony of treble clefs. The painting was made first with complimentary colours - green bloom and red leaves. Then the true colour - pink over green and visa versa, was fun and hard to do but give more depth and contrast. A burst of joyful colour.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 91.4 x 76.2 cm
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It is a crazy looking kooki plant in bloom. Found on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula. I found this one in the car park of the SA State Flora nursery in Belair National Park.
Acacia pinguifolia (Fat-leaf Wattle) Endangered
Part of my 'Rare Adelaide' paintings highlighting the fact that 1 in 4 native South Australian plants are at risk of extinction.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 40.6 cm x 40.6 cm
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This stunning Western Australian mallee is known as the Pear Fruited Mallee or Dowerin Rose. I can’t get enough of these big gum nut flowers. This particular tree is located at Royal Park in the Australian Native Garden.
Acrylic on Thick Edge Canvas
121.5 cm x 91.7 cm
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Eucalyptus gillii
Silver grey leaved mallee trees make beautiful ornamentals. The lemon yellow gum blossoms are prolific and draw a mass of busy bees. You can see this in bloom in Summer in the mallee display garden at the Goodman Gate of the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Acrylic on canvas, 76.2 x 76.2 cm Framed in light wooden box frame, ready to hang.
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Banksia especiosa has these wonderful long serrated tendrils in a glaucous grey green. You can see a bit of colour peeping through in the blooms.
65 × 45 cm
Acrylic on thick edge canvas
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This stunning plants common name is Firewood Banksia. Firewood! Really, such a beautiful plant who could see it as no more than firewood. Tells us a bit about the focus of the colonisers.
65 × 45 cm
Acrylic on thick edge canvas
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These beautiful serrated leaves make a nest around the bloom. Many small wrens and other small birds hide in the dense spiky foliage for safety.
65 × 45 cm
Acrylic on thick edge canvas
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I have documented my walks along the Yarra in the morning through this series of paintings. I started with a red canvas and paint the complimentary opposites before the true colour to give depth and interest to the work. It is a beautiful place to walk.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 40.6 x 40.6 cm
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Walking along the Yarra later than usual I was struck by the sun gleaming in through the shadow of the trees. I painted this with a red background first to add to the depth and light in the painting.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 40.6 x 40.6 cm
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Around Yarra Bend the Yarra river turns and snakes around the foot of the steep cliff rise of Kew. River Red Gums lean over the river adding to this idyllic bush setting so close to the city. A hidden gem.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 40.6 x 40.6 cm
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Can't resist this beautiful Eucalyptus macrocarpa. This is a big painting and took me months. It's very restful while somehow being aspirational and uplifting as well.
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Wing Fruited Mallee - Eucalyptus alatissima - rare species. The Adelaide Botanic Gardens has some beautiful specimens you can see outside the Goodman Building. A beautiful ornamental silver leaved mallee for the garden.
Part of my 'Rare Adelaide' paintings highlighting the fact that 1 in 4 native South Australian plants are at risk of extinction.
Hughes Gallery Fullarton, Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2025. On sale at the Gallery for this period.
Eucalyptus wyolensis (Wyola Mallee), Near Threatened Species
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 121.5 cm x 91.7 cm
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These winged gum nuts are from Eucalyptus alatissima, a rare plant at risk of extinction in its home of South Australia.
I have been painting rare and threatened species because 1 in 4 native South Australian plants are at risk of extinction. We need to see them. To see their unique beauty and act to protect our futures.
Hughes Gallery Fullarton, Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2025.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 91.4 cm x 61 cm
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A beautiful big bright daisy like bloom. It is a standout flower.
Podolepis jaceoides (Showy Copper-wire Daisy) State Rare species – found in Kangaroo Island, Mt Lofty Ranges and South-east
This painting shines a light on a stunning wildflower that is at risk of extinction in the wild in South Australia. Part of my 'Rare Adelaide' paintings highlighting the fact that 1 in 4 native South Australian plants are at risk of extinction.
Mount Barker Library Mar 17 - April 24, 2025
Hughes Gallery Fullarton, Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2025.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 61 x 91.4 cm
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There is one clump by the side of the road of this plant in the wild at Aldinga. Dampiera lancelota var.intermedia (Aldinga Dampiera) State Endangered - 1 wild population - SP
This painting shines a light on a stunning wildflower that is at risk of extinction in the wild in South Australia. Part of my 'Rare Adelaide' paintings highlighting the fact that 1 in 4 native South Australian plants are at risk of extinction. Hughes Gallery Fullarton, Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2025. For sale at the gallery during these dates.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 40.6 cm x 40.6 cm
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Such a vigorous strong little plant bursting with life, it is hard to believe it is only now found in 3 locations. Daviesia sejugata (Disjunct Bitter-pea) State Endangered - 3 locations on tip of Yorke Peninsula _SP
This painting shines a light on a stunning wildflower that is at risk of extinction in the wild. Part of 'Rare Adelaide' paintings highlighting the fact that 1 in 4 SA native species are in danger of extinction.
Mt Barker Library Mar 17 - April 24, 2025
Hughes Gallery Fullarton, Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2025
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 40.6 cm x 40.6 cm
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These delicate beautiful native orchids are nothing short of stunning marvels.
Caledonia rigida (Stiff White Spider-orchid) Nationally (EPBC Act) Endangered
This painting shines a light on a stunning wildflower that is at risk of extinction in the wild in South Australia. Part of my 'Rare Adelaide' paintings highlighting the fact that 1 in 4 native South Australian plants are at risk of extinction.
Mt Barker Library Mar 17 - April 24, 2025
Hughes Gallery Fullarton, Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2025. For sale at the gallery during those dates.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 61 x 91.4 cm
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Bugs love the blooms of this silver grey bush. When I asked the scientists what this little insect might be they didn’t know but were thrilled I had captured it as the bush attracted so many little vistors.This tells us just how important it is to local ecology.
Commersonia craurophylla (Brittle Leaved Rulingia) State Vulnerable - one wild plant exists near Wudinna SP
This painting shines a light on a stunning wildflower that is at risk of extinction in the wild in South Australia. Part of my 'Rare Adelaide' paintings highlighting the fact that 1 in 4 native South Australian plants are at risk of extinction.
Hughes Gallery Fullarton, Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2025. For sale at the gallery during these dates.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 40.6 cm x 40.6 cm
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Phebalium calcicola (Limestone Phebalium) (likely to be nationally) Critically Endangered - 3 wild plants SW Mt Gambier (in the world!!). It is currently under assessment for national listing.
Part of my 'Rare Adelaide' paintings highlighting the fact that 1 in 4 native South Australian plants are at risk of extinction.
Mt Barker Library Mar 17 - April 24, 2025
Hughes Gallery Fullarton, Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2025.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 61 x 91.4 cm
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This is the endangered species Olearia pannosa is endemic to south east Australia. It is a lovely big daisy with silver green soft foliage. By being more curious about our endangered species, planting them, learning more about them we can work together to protect them. In the video you see I went step further and made it into a pattern - see the video.
Part of my 'Rare Adelaide' paintings highlighting the fact that 1 in 4 native South Australian plants are at risk of extinction.
Mt Barker Library Mar 17 - April 24, 2025
Hughes Gallery Fullarton, Feb 13 - Mar 7, 2025.
Acrylic on thick edge canvas 61 x 91.4 cm
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This is a yellow Eucalyptus youngiana or Wing Fruited Mallee. If you are in Adelaide you can see them in the Mallee garden outside the Botanical Gardens on Dequetteville Terrace. They plant three in a 1.5m circle of earth to create an ornamental display. The gum nuts before the flowers are fist sized and make a great big burst of a flower. I find them endlessly fascinating. These colour tones are a bit of a departure for me but I enjoyed the mellow warmth of them.
Acrylic on canvas
91.5cm x 77cm
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