My Rusty Haven

I adore rust in the the garden........be it rusty coloured plants, sculpture, candelabra, lanterns, pots et al - and my garden in Brisbane has often provided the inspiration for my printmaking.   I'll miss my beautiful rusty garden when I live in Paris............but I'm also looking forward to visiting (and drawing and painting in) all the fantastique gardens in Paris and beyond - like the always fabulous Jardin du Luxembourg, the garden of the Musee Rodin and, of course, the tulips fields of Amsterdam.  I'll be doing posts on all of these gardens so stay tuned.  If you have a favourite garden, tell me what it is.  I would love to know.

But for now, here's my rusty haven in Brisbane.    And thank goodness it's an easy garden that needs little maintenance - I'm sooooooo busy packing and getting everything ready for storage.  We jet out 31 March....and still so much to do.

Christmas stars and my Three Wise Men

Lots of succulents and natives in my garden - with the beautiful forest beyond.

Lime and rusty coloured banksias.

 My gorgeous rusty succulent sculpture

 As I said, I adore rust in the garden!!!!!

Little red somonos...that never stop flowering.

View of the garden at night.

Golden yuccas against an evening plum sky.

And below you can see how my garden and the forest have inspired my printmaking.

Etchings and mixed media

Collagraphs 

Monoprints

 

Etching, embossing and chine colle

Monoprints and collage

Voila!  And tell me about your favourite gardens.....I would love to know about them.

You might also like my post on:

http://parisallons-y.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/parisian-arrondissements.html