Blog – 3000 days…

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...

Over the past few weeks I have had a great opportunity to present and talk about my scroll to people during my solo exhibition “On Trees” at Suki and Hugh Galllery in Bungendore, NSW. The response to the scroll has been overwhelmingly positive. People have returned...

How many plants can you name?  How many plants can you identify? My scroll has almost 500 images drawn or painted on it now ... just over 2,500 days left and 2,500 drawings to go before I finish in 2030. I must say that the last 500 days have gone quickly – too...

Do you ever look at a particular plant and wonder how it might fare if it was faced with a hotter ... or wetter ...  or drier environment? You know, and I know, that plants are amazing in their ability to adapt to change.  In fact, they are more robust than people –...

2629 days .... and counting ... I am in Europe attending botanical art seminars and workshops in Austria, Romania and France. When I have shown my scroll in these countries, the reaction of people has remained the same - deep concern about what is happening to our...

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney hosted a wonderful exhibition called “On the Edge – species at risk”, in which a variety of artists were invited to create artworks to highlight Australian flora, fauna and habitats that are threatened by climate change,...

A few days ago, on Earth Hour Day (26 March 2023), I completed the final drawing on the first scroll.  It now has 365 images on it, and I have started work on the second scroll. The first scroll I am going to call "Biodiversity" because it is a kaleidoscope of plants...