Pastel on sanded paper (burgundy Colourfix) 70cm x 50cm This is a pastel painting. I was intrigued with the way the light was glinting on the raindrops on these eucalyptus leaves after a brief shower (which really did nothing to relieve the drought)!!!! Featured in the group ‘Works on Paper’ – Dec 2008 / Winner of the ‘True Colours’ Challenge and featured in the Contemporary Pastel Painters group – March 2009 / Featured in the Australia! You’re Standing In It group – June 2009
A foggy day in Badger Weir.
Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges NP, Victoria, Australia. Tomiyama Art Panorama 6×12cm, Fuji Velvia film. / © Ern Mainka
Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges NP, Victoria, Australia. Tomiyama 6×12cm format, Fuji Velvia film. / © Ern Mainka
From the high plains to the deserts – the Eucalyptus is botanically iconic to Australia. With over 700 species ranging from stunted shrubs in the arid regions to the tallest flowering plant on the planet, their diversity is as grand as their stature. Most species are not frost or cold tolerant (temps down to -5C) though there is one species that lives in the alps of the mainland affectionately known as the ’snow gum’. (Eucalyptus pauciflora ). Whilst three other cold tolerant species exist in the highlands of central Tasmania. Growing as woodlands or open woodlands from 1300m-1800m ASL in Tasmania,Victoria and New South Wales where they form the altitudinal limit of the tree line. The ’snow gum’ can become a gnarled old warrior as it eeks out an existance in poor soil with short growing seasons in harsh climates. Sometimes shedding bark revealing bright green,yellow or even orange-red under bark. It certainly makes for a brilliant dash of colour particularly in the snow. When in these alpine regions I often find it hard not to get ‘lost’ in their beauty and character and always find myself searching for those special individuals. Specimans with so much character that they speak for themselves. Fuji G617 – Velvia 50. / ©T.Middleton2008 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / / see more of my TRUE panoramic photography by clicking on the image below / /
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Mountain ash are the tallest flowering plant on earth. Before logging became widespread there were even documented cases of 100m plus high trees. I photographed these beauties on Mt Donna Buang in the Yarra Valley outside of Melbourne. As a drum teacher I teach in five different schools every week, thursday being my Upper Yarra Secondary College day. I particularly look foreward to thursdays for the post school jaunt I inevitably do. The Yarra Valley is truly a valley of wonders containing beautiful forests, snow capped peaks (in winter), waterfalls, caves, vineyards and numerous basalt outcrops. A truly special place. Winner of the Abstracts from Nature, Trees in Abstract group challenge 17/9/2008. For more pics from this area check out my Yarra Ranges gallery. To view other work in this genre check out my Flora gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
Gum tree in the early morning mist, Burrumbeet, Budawang Range, Morton National Park, NSW.
Australian Noisy Miner Bird (Manorina melanocephala), sipping the nectar from the Red Eucalypt flowers.
Shining Gums (Eucalyptus nitens), Errinundra Plateau, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia (taken prior to being clearfelled, logged and woodchipped sadly). Rollieflex SL66, Fuji RDP film. / © Ern Mainka
Regrowth after Bushfires in Australian Snowy Mountains
Pastel on Colourfix sanded paper (dark blue) 70cm x 50cm Silverton Creek has been painted thousands of times by many artists, and this is my version! The town of Silverton is just on the edge of outback Australia and up the road a bit from the mining town of Broken Hill. The whole area is such an interesting place to visit. It is an artist’s paradise!!! As you can see there is absolutely NO water in the creek, but the eucalypt trees throughout the creek area are simply magnificent.
Abstracts and Artsy Architecture Landscapes and Nature Street Tasmania
Pastel on Colourfix paper (burgundy) – 70cm x 50cm In this country (Australia) the trees lose their bark instead of their leaves! Weird eh? As the bark peels away it reveals beautiful patterns and exposes amazing colours in the trunks of many varieties of eucalypt. This is a Red Gum. I found this beautiful tree during a trip to the Howqua River, which is near Mansfield, Northern Victoria (a mountainous area known as the High Country) when my husband took me on a hair raising 4-wheel drive excursion into the bush! It is obviously a very ancient tree and I enjoyed this painting very much. Featured in the Melbourne& Victoria group – March 2009 / Featured in the Painter’s in Modern Times group – May 2009 / Featured in Hand Painted Art of Happiness or Joy- July 2009
Underneath the Eucalypts, / Upon the forest floor, / I came upon a tree trunk with a little wooden door… / I knocked on it and waited… / Though nobody was at home, / I knew it was the dwelling of a little forest gnome. Captured at Forth, Tasmania.
Eucalypt tree in the Lincoln National Park, on the Eyre Peninsular, South Australia
Digital collage from photographs
acrylic and mixed media on canvas / 2 panels, each 66cm x 76cm
A nice Aussie outback scene. The location is about 45min drive north of Goondiwindi, on a back road through to Yelarbon. It’s all quite standard scrub the entire way, except for this one area of sand ridge with different vegetation. Quite nice to look at.
A eucalypt forest in the Adelaide Hills. / This “red-processing” was prompted by what happened when I stopped to take these photographs. I had pulled the car off the main road onto a very quiet small dirt road to stop and take photographs. Within 15 minutes a police patrol had pulled up and was checking over my car. When I returned, I was asked questions about just what I was doing. The reason behind the vigilance – it is the start to the bush-fire season in southern Australia, and so many are started deliberately by “fire-bugs”. This meeting with the local constabulary brought home the memories of “Ash Wednesday” some 26 or so years ago, where SA and Vic were ravaged by massive fires and where I just managed to avoid being BBQed in my car, however others that day travelling ahead of me on that road weren’t so lucky.
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