David Mackay, Botanical Artist

 

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Scribbly Gum II

‘Scribbly Gum, Eucalyptus haemastoma'

Original painting: Acrylic on paper. Sold.

Print: Giclée print on paper, 825 x 585mm. The edition is limited to 250 prints.

Print price: AUD$330 plus postage*.

 My fascination with the forms and textures in the trunks and bark of these trees drew me to doing a second painting. The scribbles are made by the caterpillars of a tiny, grey moth, Ogmograptis scribula, which is only about 1½mm long (there is one of these moths in the painting). A host of other animals use these trees, for food and/or shelter, and some of these are included in the painting.

 

 

 

This is a sample of the detail in this picture.