desert gums - work in progress

Artist: bodymechanic
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desert gums - work in progress

as a few people know i have been working on a series on the colours etc in the australian gum trees using the real colours from them (as in matching the colours from a spectrometer)
i usually get stick samples from each of the trees but i am having trouble with this one as it is from the north west of victoria near the great sandy desert, and i so want to get samples of this! usually i can get them from one of the 3 botanic gardens in the sydney area, but i’ve had trobs with this and the murray river gum too, (which i exagerated the colours in for a bit of fun- i won’t be putting sticks on that one!)
for those who don’t know , i basically document the trees and then recreate them in their simplest forms, using recycled materials, even the canvas and stretchers and sum of the paints!

desert gums - work in progress belongs to the following groups:

Abstract Art, Painters In Modern Times - TWO PER DAY, Paintings Modern and Beyond – PiMT, Shameless Self-Promotion, Sydney, Sydney's Guide to Exhibitions and You're Accepted