Work in Progress

Nicola Moss. ©2009. 'Mimosaceae Family Diversitree' (inprogress detail).

The idea of ordering some of my works on paper in collections responding to botanical family groupings has been very inspiring. The above pieces are part of a series featuring diversity within the mimosaceae family. This family group includes Acacias (Wattles), Salmon Bean, Red Sandalwood and Snow wood trees. Apart from the obvious inspiration of golden yellow colour, the mimosaceae family has wonderful diversity of leaf shape and size, fabulous forms of split seed capsule and vibrant coloured flowers and pods. When I walk around the Australian Plant Communities area at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt.Coot-tha, I am looking a lot more intently at the plant labels now. Apart from the visual characteristics that strike me as seasonal highlights, I am also interested in the family groups that species fit within.

The pieces in progress above will form a large work titled 'Mimosaceae Family Diversitree' when completed.