Blog – 3000 days…

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...

Today’s note is a beautiful poem “Cool it” written by Toby Fay in response to viewing the “3000 days ...” scroll.  Toby lives in London and I have used excerpts of his evocative poems in previous exhibitions.  He has captured the intent of the scroll perfectly. Cool...

I was delighted to have the story of the scroll picked up by ABC Riverina recently. It received good coverage in a number of states around Australia as a result. The link to the story, “Botanical artist documenting species on 8-metre scrolls to raise environmental...

As of the 1 January 2023, I have completed 281 drawings on my scroll and I have 2719 days and drawings to go to my finish date in 2030. Here is something I found absolutely fascinating to read.  It is from a newspaper printed in 1912. Well, it took much less than a...