Treescape #23 Plate The Pods #5 by Kate

The Pods #5 by Kate Soady makes for a great conversation starter — featuring Banksia Pods from the Blue Mountains

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Wild Rosella thrives from Cairns in the East to Broome in the West

Original artwork of a Banksia by Kate Soady

Treescape #23 Plate The Pods #5 by KateTreescape #23is a new horizontal work that explores the rhythmic interplay of light and shadow within the Australian bushland. This piece captures the moment where the sun strikes the pale bark of eucalypts, creating a bold, graphic pattern against the deeper shadows of the forest floor. In this painting, I leaned into a more abstract, gestural style. By using contrasting strokes of stark white and deep charcoal, I wanted to convey the vertical energy