Australian nature meets science and art. By Paula Peeters
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 these animals were remembered as … Read More
I’ve just created 5 new card designs, drawing inspiration from my sketchbooks of Australian nature. Magpies in Beechmont, the beautiful Glossy Black-cockatoo, a reflection on the rainforest of Binna Burra, a blue-banded bee exploring garden flowers, and fairy-wrens skipping about … Read More
Spring is stirring up here in the mountains. It was great to walk the tracks of Binna Burra again, after nearly a year of Lamington National Park being closed. So lovely to lose myself in those forests again! The Red … Read More
OK folks, thanks to your enthusiastic response to last week’s Australian robin design, you have given me inspiration to make more silly little bird cartoons. I draw them because they make me smile, so I hope that they brighten your … Read More
Bimblebox Nature Refuge protects a large tract of grassy woodland that provides habitat for many native animal species. Bimblebox, ironbarks, rusty jackets, brigalow and many other tree and shrub species provide food, shelter and breeding sites. This colour-in is free … Read More