Paperbark Writer
Australian nature meets science and art
By Paula Peeters
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A drawing is more than a photo
How it all started. I saw a pair of peregrine falcons mating, and was compelled to jot down the sighting in a very simple way. A few weeks ago I started a daily drawing practice. Although I didn't realise it at the time. I just happened upon a pair of peregrine...
A new nature journal for the Taronga Western Plains Zoo!
The lovely Kelly Pfeiffer - whose encouragement was instrumental for the publication of my previous book Take this Book for a Walk in 2020 - recently commissioned me to create a nature journaling resource for Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, New South Wales. I...
Leaf me alone! Are the Pink Slugs of Mt Kaputar pretending to be leaves?
21st February 2022, 6 pm The light is fading, and the wet stems of Ribbony Gums and Snow Gums are dark grey against a white overcast sky. The bare sloping rock face shines with water, water is sponged up by the verdant green mosses, and it saturates some fire-scorched...
Free grassy woodland colouring book to download
Wondrous Box-Gum Grassy Woodlands: A colouring exploration of a diverse ecosystem celebrates the threatened ecological community of the same name. This book was commissioned by the Molonglo Conservation Group, with the support of the ACT Government and National...
A walk in the green room
Binna Burra, September 2021 The forest always gives so much. But I need to slow down, to observe, to open myself to its abundance, for this to happen. As I walk into the forest I see the different layers, shapes, colours of green that are the leaves, foliage,...
The helpful and benignly addictive world of INaturalist.
The White-banded Hunter Hawkmoth, Theretra oldenlandiae The Navajo recognized and remembered over 700 different types of insects, to three levels of classification.1 Most of these insects did not have a practical ‘use’ for the Navajo (e.g. food). The vast majority of...
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.
Previous designs in the series: ‘Tree hollows are animal homes’
#1 Eucalypt Open Forests, south-eastern Australia
#2 Eucalypt Tall Open Forests, south-eastern Australia
Click here for wholesale prices for educational poster ‘Tree hollows are animal homes #1 and #2’.
These designs are available on posters, prints and other goodies via my Redbubble store.
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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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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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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