Paperbark Writer

Australian nature meets science and art

By Paula Peeters

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If life sends you lemons, butterflies may follow

If life sends you lemons, butterflies may follow

We've always had a lemon tree, in every place that we've lived. "The most useful fruit tree you can have," says Ray. But the other great thing about cultivating lemons is that a beautiful butterfly tends to follow. Caterpillars of the Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly...

Winter wanderings

Winter wanderings

Winter field trips can be cold but exhilarating. This winter I had the good fortune to travel down to northern Victoria and southern New South Wales, to reacquaint myself with those landscapes under grey subdued skies. The trip was half work and half pleasure,...

Lions, Tigers and Bears – Oh my!

Lions, Tigers and Bears – Oh my!

Meet Mujambi the lion, who lives at the Adelaide Zoo. I met him recently when I went to the Zoo to draw some of the animals. Mujambi  is 13 years old, small for a lion, and the lioness eats his dinner when they are put in the same pen. It's doubtful he would have...

The Rainforest Birds of Gondwana

The Rainforest Birds of Gondwana

Here are the rainforest birds of Gondwana – starting with the top of the tree canopy, and ending with the forest floor: The call of the Pied Currawong echoes through the forest, loud musical wails and ringing notes, from way up on high. A swish of black-and-white...

Free Riverina Grasslands colouring book to download

Free Riverina Grasslands colouring book to download

Two summers ago I set off to the Hay Plain in southern New South Wales to explore and draw the remarkable Plains-Wanderer and its grassland habitat. Ray and I stayed in the old homestead at Oolambeyan National Park while I did the preliminary work for the Riverina...

The next ‘Tree hollows are animal homes’ design is here!

#3 Eucalypt Woodlands of south-eastern Australia

‘Tree hollows are animal homes’ is a series of designs inspired by the relationship between the many Australian animal species that use hollows and the trees that provide them.

This design is available on posters, art prints and other goodies from my Redbubble store.

Bulk orders of the detailed poster design can be arranged by emailing paula.peeters@paperbarkwriter.com     Click here for wholesale prices.

A simplified version of this design is also available as a Organic Cotton Tea Towel.

Thanks to Prof Don Butler for providing the vegetation map and data.

Read more about this design here.

A walk in the mountain forests

My nature journal of Binna Burra, Beechmont and beyond

Discover the richness of the mountain forests through the playful, diverse and beautiful pages of Paula’s nature journal.

Paperback, 17 x 22.3 cm, 206 pages, full colour throughout with over 196 original illustrations. Printed in Australia on recycled paper.

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Play…

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Enjoy…

Gifts for yourself and others

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Organic cotton tea towels

Greeting cards

Magnets

Books

Redbubble store

Here you can purchase clothing, prints, posters and other goods with my designs. They’re printed on demand and shipped straight to you from Redbubble.

Buy selected garments through my Redbubble store and 25 % of the retail price will be donated to environmental and animal welfare charities

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To a nature journaling workshop!

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Nature journaling workshop at Binna Burra; Photos by Renata Buziak

Escape…

Into the Wildworld, and discover The Kinship of All. Read Stories of the Wildworld.

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