Limited Edition A3 Prints
The Mallee, 2026 (Coloured pencils on paper)
The slow medium of coloured pencils demands that I look closely.
Every day I pass the same tree and I notice a little more. In the cold dawn the leaves seem blue and despite their stiffness they hang down eerily. Insects decorated them and leave behind tiny trails of destruction that provide for a compelling contrast. The leaves take on a greener silvery hue when the western sun finds them in the afternoon. I confess it was a while before I noticed the pinks and purples that appeared in unexpected splotches as if the crimson stem was leaking on to them. I watched the buds slowly swell as the weather began to warm. The pinks subtly touched them too as the tendrils inside continued to grow.
At last, the buds could hold no more.
Limited Edition A3 Prints
The Mallee, 2026 (Coloured pencils on paper)
The slow medium of coloured pencils demands that I look closely.
Every day I pass the same tree and I notice a little more. In the cold dawn the leaves seem blue and despite their stiffness they hang down eerily. Insects decorated them and leave behind tiny trails of destruction that provide for a compelling contrast. The leaves take on a greener silvery hue when the western sun finds them in the afternoon. I confess it was a while before I noticed the pinks and purples that appeared in unexpected splotches as if the crimson stem was leaking on to them. I watched the buds slowly swell as the weather began to warm. The pinks subtly touched them too as the tendrils inside continued to grow.
At last, the buds could hold no more.