There really is no explanation for this, but slowly creeping over the past twenty years or so, more and more artists and interior designers are including Australian plants into their designs, however none more so than the very structural Protea. Which is not an Australian native. Yes- they do very well in most Australian gardens and are in the florist trade extensively as are their cousins Leucodendrons but both are native to South Africa and do not grow wild in Australia.
Wattles, bottlebrushes, hakeas, banksias, tea trees, gum trees, etc are Australian natives - but not those darn Proteas!
So when I saw another protea in amongst a group of Australian natives - that's what I did my digital scrapbooking page on. I've really enjoyed going 'back' to kraft and different ways of using it. The buttons remind me of gumnut seeds.
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| Proteas ARE NOT Australian 2019 Dec |
It also seemed to inspire my latest painting - Banksias for Tiffany (aka Mr Tiffany of Tiffany Studios New York 1890's - 1930's.) which I painted on paper with acrylics. I've never painted a banksia before.
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