Trees TagCloud Day: Trees Exploring our past posts on "trees" will remind you of their magnificent beauty. And today when you go for a walk or look our your window hopefully you will see a tree but if not return to look at those we have presented to you.
Indigenous Art The Boab - Story Teller - the Indigenous View Indigenous Australians are story tellers and today Rowdy and Anne tell a little about the relationship they have with the boab tree. Includes works by Paddy (Jampin) Jaminji, April Nulgit, Charlene Carrington, Ju Ju Wilson, Jack Wherra Paddy Jaminji, Peggy Patrick, Desma Mengil.
Trees Boab drama A showcase post where expressionistic paintings of boabs are presented by Jos Coufreur, Rex Woodlands, Majorie Fisher, Sally Chandler, Mark Blume, Pam Hume.
Trees Fascination with the Aussie boab tree Moving from Africa we go in search of the boab tree, cousin to the baobab. The boab only grows in the north west of Australia - in Kimberley country. Artists have been fascinated for generations with the boab - today we showcase some examples from Fred Williams, Jack Absalom, Rowdy Wylie.
Photography Beth Moon: Portraits of Baobabs We continue our posts on Baobab trees with images from the remarkable collection of photographer Beth Moon who has been on a mission for many, many years to capture in print the ancient trees of the world. Some of them are Baobabs which we feature today.
Nature The Alluring Baobab and Boab Trees Naive artist Rowdy Wylie and I both love the mystical boab tree. Today we launch a series of posts - starting with their cousins the baobab found in Africa and Madagascar. And you will see the most expensive painting sold in South Africa which just happens to be of a baobab tree.
Dogs Contemporary Scottish Artist - Louis McNally Louis Mcnally is a contemporary Scottish artist who paints using a distinctive style. He painstakingly develops his paintings over many weeks using drawings, photos and memory. Image credit: scottishartpaintings.co.uk
Travel Marysville - Yarra Valley Located in the foothills of Melbourne's closest ski fields, Marysville is a picturesque town, a place to enjoy peace and quiet and appreciate the wonders of nature. Established in 1863 as a stopover for diggers travelling to the Goldfields, Marysville, evolved into a popular resort destination.
America The Beauty of the Heart of California Enjoy some visuals on one of the most beautiful vallyes in the world - Central Valley, California - home to glorious farming landscape and the San Joaquin Valley. Image credit: visitcalifornai.com
Senses Heightened Senses Much of our world has changed irreversibly but our senses remain to be honed to perfection. Today we begin to learn how to better see, hear, touch, smell and taste the immediate world around us. Photos by Caroline.
Gardens The National Arboretum - Canberra The National Arboretum Canberra features 94 forests of rare, endangered and symbolic trees from around Australia and the world.
Nature Remembering Our Forests In the stark reality of the bushfires enveloping Australia we stop to remember that the destruction to our forests, especially the rain forests of Southern Queensland, is of huge significance. Ann Arnold and Anna Salleh write about trees. Images of the Australian Eucalyptus trees.
Trees Mail from Blog Subscribers Showing a work by John Brady who transformed dead stumps from the Ave of Monterey Cypress trees at Lakes Entrance into memorial statues.
Nature Taking a Walk in an Australian Eucalyptus Forest Showcasing the beauty of the Australian Eucalyptus forests.
