Original - Caesia - Silver Princess Gum 2023

This series of Australian native plants are some of my favourites. They were drawn when recovering from an injury when I could not teach. Each drawing is 29.5 x 42cm and took around 50 hours and show a great deal of detail. They explore a wide tonal range of darks to lights, a balance of softness with some crisp, delicate details. This is an original unframed drawing by Katrina using a range of charcoal pencils, on 300gsm cotton rag paper with a lovely medium texture. This cropped image shows an interwoven display of these juicy flowers, bursting open as I drew. I recommend float mounting with a wide white background and a natural wood or charcoal black simple square frame. As the images are drawn all the way to the edges, do not chop off the image using any window mounting. Hand signed and sprayed with fixative so it will not smudge.