Blog – 3000 days…

Well, time ticks on.  I have just completed Scroll #3, which was called “Nature Trembles and Sighs at the Warming Embrace”.  The accumulated scrolls now hold 877 drawings, and this represents the same number of days.  Scroll #4 has started – its title is “A tale of...

I gave a presentation about the scroll to the American Society of Botanical Artists a few days ago, and I was amazed at the responses of some people, who sent personal messages to me in the days following that seminar.  The types of responses included:  one person who...

I find that the scroll really is a great tool for talking with people about issues to do with climate change.  I also continue find so many amazing stories about the plants and insects I come across.  While I have now completed 800 drawings, the scroll is still...

And so the drawings continue.  The image here shows the intense interest of a group attending an ArtsNational (Molongolo) talk I gave recently about really BIG artworks, with the scroll having entered the realm of the “really big”, being well over 25 metres long, with...

I am pleased to see that people from all over are now asking about the scroll: How many drawings have been completed? How can I see the scroll? Where are you going to show the scroll next? I was delighted to receive a call from a young French woman travelling in...

What character is Scroll number 3 developing? Scroll 3 being mainly black and white, except for a band of colour which picks out the rising global surface temperature in colour. This certainly does give the scroll a different character, so it will be interesting to...

I receive regular calls from friends asking ... “Have you drawn X or Y or Z on the scroll?”  If I say, “No”, then quite soon after a car will roll down the driveway with a gift for the scroll.  It might be a plant, it might be an insect, it might be a bird.  These...

I wonder how many tiny insects there are in the garden that we just don’t see.  There is so much that we are not aware of. This tiny tiny preying mantis was spotted by a keen eyed neighbour.  Mantis’ are very elegant and amazing insects which come in all sizes and...

Did you notice the bleached black and white band that runs through this Correa and Lichen? That is part of a graph line which runs the length of the scroll and which records the global mean surface temperature rise from 1880 to 2030.  This graph is based on National...