Silver Princess
$400.00
I have chosen to represent this beautiful native flowering gum -the Silver Princess cultivar- with all aspects that define the plant: flowers, foliage, gumnuts and bark. This Eucalyptus caesia is commonly known as caesia or gungurra and is a species of mallee that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It produces vibrant red or pink flowers with contrasting yellow stamens which bloom in late winter to spring. The blossoms are often likened to ‘fairy tutus’.
Artwork Info
| Artist Name | |
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| Medium | Watercolor |
| Size | 50cm x 40cm |
| Artwork Date | 2022 |
Artist Bio
Over the past eight years Sue has participated in the Royal Melbourne Botanical Gardens Botanical Art Program, developing her profile as a Botanical Artist under the expert tutelage of highly respected Australian Botanical Artist, Dianne Emery. This ‘second career’ follows a fifty-five-year long career in a range of areas in education and organisational leadership. Sue believes she is now ready to present her work that has built on a love of drawing and painting sparked by her early high school art lessons at Dimboola Memorial High School in the 1950’s conducted by internationally renowned artist and sculptor, Ken Unsworth. Her love of all ‘things’ botanical was similarly nurtured by her early life in Dimboola through her membership of the Gould League of Bird Lovers and excursions with friends seeking out native orchids and other native flora.
Sue invites you to view examples of her artwork and hopes that her enjoyment in completing each of them is apparent.