“In My Grandmothers Garden” is a collection of paintings based on the flowers and plants my grandparents grew in their garden. Flannel flowers, Grevilleas, new guinea rhododendrons, Quince trees, Kangaroo paws and towering gums. Their garden occupies a place in my mind kept only for magical childhood things - a haze of whip birds, infinite pathways and cicada shells.

 

Two things always sat by the fly-screen door, a nutcracker for the macadamias and a wooden basket with secateurs for clipping flowers.

 

My paintings are imagined spaces, drawing references from last centuries ‘House and Garden’ and my memories of their Gosford home. I’ve depicted flowers growing wild outside and also within vases inside, ready for Grandma to paint in watercolour.