The Bush In Bloom: A Wildflower Artist's Year In Paintings & Words
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In The Bush in Bloom: A Wildflower Artist's Year in Paintings & Words, celebrated Australian botanical artist Kathleen McArthur invites readers on an intimate, season-by-season journey through the breathtaking wildflower landscapes of Australia, chronicling her deep reverence for the natural world through both vivid watercolour paintings and personal prose. The work presents a rare dual portrait — part field journal, part artistic memoir — capturing the astonishing diversity of Australia's native flora with a painter's eye and a conservationist's passion. McArthur's voice is warm yet authoritative, illustrating not only the remarkable beauty of Australian wildflowers but also the urgent need for their preservation, a cause she championed throughout her distinguished career. Her writing moves with the rhythms of the natural year, drawing the reader ever deeper into a landscape that is ancient, luminous, and irreplaceable — leaving one to wonder how many blooms remain unseen, and how many seasons are left to discover them.
Author: Kathleen Mcarthur
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Kangaroo Press
Genre: Botany
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In The Bush in Bloom: A Wildflower Artist's Year in Paintings & Words, celebrated Australian botanical artist Kathleen McArthur invites readers on an intimate, season-by-season journey through the breathtaking wildflower landscapes of Australia, chronicling her deep reverence for the natural world through both vivid watercolour paintings and personal prose. The work presents a rare dual portrait — part field journal, part artistic memoir — capturing the astonishing diversity of Australia's native flora with a painter's eye and a conservationist's passion. McArthur's voice is warm yet authoritative, illustrating not only the remarkable beauty of Australian wildflowers but also the urgent need for their preservation, a cause she championed throughout her distinguished career. Her writing moves with the rhythms of the natural year, drawing the reader ever deeper into a landscape that is ancient, luminous, and irreplaceable — leaving one to wonder how many blooms remain unseen, and how many seasons are left to discover them.