View from the Boat Shed. Australian original art print. cicadas on stage I pulled out the mushrooms

I pulled out the mushrooms from the ground and placed them up side down on a piece of white paper and photographed them

The textures of dead trees are fascinating particularly those that become visible after the bark falls off

This Double drummer cicada  fell out of a tree and landed on the deck in front of me

so by adding the detail such as the eyes

View from the Boat Shed. Australian original art print. cicadas on stage I pulled out the mushroomsOur corrugated iron shed at home has a piece of weathered plywood covering up an old window opening. Over the years the plywood delaminated. One afternoon the sun lit up the freshly exposed plywood, in which I saw the scene of a harbour with sailboats, so I decided to make it the subject matter of an old boat shed. The older plywood became the blind partly open. I detailed the window frame to help with the creation of this artwork. "View from the Boat