Copyright for all images belongs to the artist, Julie Holcombe (formerly Nettleton)
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Xanthorrhoea sp, Grass Trees ‘After the Fires’, a series of miniature paintings of plants growing in Blackheath.
After the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-2020 swept through the Blue Mountains I saw that the grass trees in bushland around my home were starting to reshoot in the burnt areas before almost anything else. So I embarked on a series of miniatures focusing on resilience, regeneration and the beautiful sculptural quality of these amazing plants.
Xanthorrhoea sp, a series of miniatures, watercolour on vellum, plants from Blackheath, NSW.
Xanthorrhoea resinosa + Apis melifera , Grass Tree flowering stalk + Honey Bee
Xanthorrhoea australis + Gleichenia dicarpa , Grass Tree + Pouched Coral Fern
Xanthorrhoea resinosa + Antechinus, Grass Tree and Native Mouse
Xanthorrhoea resinosa, Grass Tree 100 yrs old
Xanthorrhoea resinosa, Grass Tree with Branched Trunk
Xanthorrhoea resinosa + Banksia serrata, burnt out Grass Tree trunk + Old Man Banksia new growth after fire
Xanthorrhoea resinosa, Grass Tree with developing spike
Xanthorrhoea sp, Grass Tree
Xanthorrhoea sp, Grass Tree and Lorikeet
Actinotus helianthi + Actinotus minor, Flannel Flowers , Minor Flannel Flowers + pollinators
Banksia marginata, Silver Banksia + moth
Banksia aemula, Wallum Banksia
Eucalyptus camfieldii, Heart-leaved Stringybark
Banksia serrata, Old Man Banksia
Lambertia formosa, Mountain Devil
Banksia ericifolia, Heath-leaved Banksia
Begonia venosa, Begonia venosa
Caladenia orchids, Spider Orchids in leaf litter
Caleana major, Flying Duck Orchid
Caustis flexuosa, Curly Wig
Chaenomeles japonica, Erigeron + Petunia, Flowering Quince, Seaside Daisy + a Petunia
Echeveria imbricata, Blue Rose Echeveria
Erythrorchis cassythoides, Climbing Orchid
Four Red Grevilleas
Grevillea buxifolia, Grey Spider Flower
Helianthus annuus + Xerochrysum bracteatum, Sunflowers and Golden Everlasting Paper Daisy
Hibbertia scandens, Golden Guinea Vine
Pritchardia maideniana – Maidens Palm+Ibis
Styphelia triflora, Pink Five Corners
Taraxacum, Dandelion
Telopea speciosissima, NSW Waratah
Telopea speciosissima + Coccinella, Waratah opening bud + Lady bird
Telopea speciosissima, Waratah ‘Shady Lady’ + Harlequin Beetle
Acacia terminalis sp terminalis, Sunshine Wattle
Actinotus helianthi and Actinotus minor, Flannel Flower and Minor Flannel Flower
