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Eucalyptus caesia
Eucalyptus caesia (also called Gungurru or Silver Princess) is a highly ornamental eucalypt with drooping grey-blue leaves which has long pendulous branchlets with a profusion of rose-pink blossoms. It is a favoured garden plant and street tree.
hand-coloured etching, image 50 x 19cm, edition 40

Aspects of Amplexicaulis
Hakea amplexicaulis (also aptly named Prickly Hakea) has large, attractive, scented flowers in spring. The leaves are sharply-pointed around the edges; they clasp the stem at the base (amplexicaulis=stem-clasping) and they dry to all shades of brown and pink.
hand-coloured etching, image 29 x 11cm, edition 40

Leaf Sequence
A study of colours, spaces and holes in leaves collected on my daily walk.
hand-coloured etching, image 49 x 20cm
edition 40

Website updated July 2008             © Helen Clarke

Eucalyptus preissiana - a study
The Bell-fruited Mallee, a straggly open shrub, grows near the south coast of WA.
hand-coloured etching, 30 x 10cm
edition 40

Made in Australia - Structure I
Skeletal remains of small creatures from beaches and bushland
hand-coloured etching, 10 x 30cm, edition 40

Dryland Mallee 
Eucalyptus gamophylla, Eucalyptus pachyphylla and Eucalyptus odontocarpa.
Many Australian mallees have sparse forms, leathery leaves, stunningly beautiful blossoms and an amazing ability to live in places which are inhospitable to many people. These grow in inland Northern Territory and Western Australia.
This print was awarded Second Prize at the Endangered Species exhibition at Mullalyup Gallery, WA in 2008
 hand-coloured etching, 20 x 55cm, edition 40

Daviesia cordata
Hardenbergia comptoniana
Eremaea fimbriata
Grevillea eriostachya
Hakea laurina
Eucalyptus todtiana
Hakea conchifolia
Eucalyptus kingsmillii
Eucalyptus lehmannii (buds)
Hakea amplexicaulis
Banksia ilicifolia
Eucalyptus pleurocarpa
Eucalyptus tetraptera
Eucalyptus lehmannii (spent pods)
Eucalyptus lehmannii (after flowers)
Corymbia calophylla
Eucalyptus todtiana
All etchings are printed on Fabriano acid-free fine art printmaking paper
ETCHINGS

This group of images is together called 'Miscellanea Botanica'. 
The pods, leaves and seeds were collected from various locations in the South West of Western Australia and used to create etchings in the studio.
The images are available as individual prints or in any grouping requested eg pair, three or more and in vertical or horizontal formats and printed on Fabriano Tiepolo acid-free etching paper for your order.
 The complete set was chosen as a finalist in the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize held at the Museum of South Australia in 2004.
 hand coloured etchings, individual prints 12 x 8.5cm, full set 56 x 30cm, edition 80