Firewood Banksia
Author: Nikulinsky, Philippa
ISBN: 9781922089816
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Year first published: 23 Apr 2014
Pages: 60
Format: Hardback
A unique celebration of Banksia menziesii - commonly known as Firewood Banksia - by acclaimed botanical artist Philippa Nikulinsky.
'I chose as my study specimens trees Banksia menziesii (Firewood Banksia) from a location north of Eneabba, a small town two hundred kilometres north of Perth. As I became immersed in this work, it felt as if I were becoming a part of the private and mysterious reality of the banksia. In trying to record this cycle. I would ... wonder at the complex process in the trees' life cycle, about the many transactions with soil, water, birds, animals, wind and rain. I would think of how each moment represents the total of the transactions that preceded it.' - Philippa Nikulinsky
A dazzling and wondrous celebration of Banksia menziesii (Firewood or Menzies' Banksia) by one of Australia's best artists. After many field trips and long observation of the species, Philippa Nikulinsky has created a series of detailed drawings and paintings that record this banksia and its cycle in all their beauty.
ISBN: 9781922089816
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Year first published: 23 Apr 2014
Pages: 60
Format: Hardback
A unique celebration of Banksia menziesii - commonly known as Firewood Banksia - by acclaimed botanical artist Philippa Nikulinsky.
'I chose as my study specimens trees Banksia menziesii (Firewood Banksia) from a location north of Eneabba, a small town two hundred kilometres north of Perth. As I became immersed in this work, it felt as if I were becoming a part of the private and mysterious reality of the banksia. In trying to record this cycle. I would ... wonder at the complex process in the trees' life cycle, about the many transactions with soil, water, birds, animals, wind and rain. I would think of how each moment represents the total of the transactions that preceded it.' - Philippa Nikulinsky
A dazzling and wondrous celebration of Banksia menziesii (Firewood or Menzies' Banksia) by one of Australia's best artists. After many field trips and long observation of the species, Philippa Nikulinsky has created a series of detailed drawings and paintings that record this banksia and its cycle in all their beauty.
