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  • David Bentley

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    0035 - 2023.11 Peeling Bark

    Eucalyptus trees lose their bark in summer. This one caught my eye at the local park, with the high morning sun casting vertical shadows and a clear white light. Technique: #photo Theme: #tree Highli

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    0032 - 2023.12 Kangaroo Paw Red

    Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #red Series: #day-garden

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    0030 - 2023.11 Agapanthus

    See notes under Bottlebrush Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #purple Series: #day-garden

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    0226 - 2025.08 Orange Poppy

    A month or so ago I went exploring for new subjects for my photography. Some nearby friends had poppies coming into flower, so an easy choice of subject. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight co

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    0231 - 2025.08 Hibiscus

    Another in my night garden series. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #yellow Series: #night-garden Merchandise: RedBubble

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    0182 - 2025.05 Five flowers

    Inspired by my ‘Three Flowers’ that I did for charity (0164), I expanded the concept to five, and used the same colouring. It’s part of a set hanging in a nice brown frame at home. Technique: #lino T

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    0174 - 2025.04 Flower and Bee

    My notes tell me I did this on the last day of term, meaning that I’ve been going to print making classes for two years. I think I may have got a little bit better over time and I’ve certainly settle

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    0172 - 2025.04 Two Flowers B

    See notes on 0170 Two Flowers A Technique: #lino Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #red #green Series: #garden

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    0171 - 2025.04 Two Flowers A

    After impressing myself with three flowers (0164) I decided to do another one with two flowers. I made a mock up in my sketchbook, but when I came to the lineup, I had left the book at home. So I did

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    0164 - 2025.04 Three Flowers

    I did this for a charity auction, and really like the result, I have a duplicate framed at home. The colours were modelled on my four flowers work (number) and it seemed to me that it made a pleasant

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    0151- 2025.03 Four Flowers

    After 0147, I thought it may look nice in my lounge room, but the colours were wrong. Easily fixed! The previous print, Van Gogh’s cornfield, had faded and looked drab, but was in a very large frame

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    0154 - 2025.03 Three sunflowers

    I thought I would do something resembling a real flower rather than my generic flower designs. Always cheerful, and two versions! Technique: #lino Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #yellow Series: #g

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    0071 - 2024.02 Rainbow Lorikeet on Gum blossom

    It’s summer. Walking the dog I found a tree with the gum blossoms in full flower getting the attention of an upside down rainbow lorikeet. I took a very poor iPhoto to remind me and then made up thi

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    0072 - 2024.02 Hibiscus

    I discovered that the hibiscus is quite difficult to do as a Lino print with its variegated petals. When I saw and photographed the flower it was a windy afternoon and I thought to try c and build it

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    0075 - 2024.02 Two flowers and one bud

    I had several attempts at this one, starting with a sharpie pen to try and do something different. It was rubbish. But when I get back to Lino the design comes out better. Something to do with the cu

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    0078 - 2024.04 Firewheel

    Firewheel flowers are hard to draw, as they are often high in the tree and hard to see. But this one was low, so I had a go doing a Lino cut. The print at the top I ran through an iPhone app to give

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    0079 - 2024.03 Tibouchina

    Every free steps forward has a step backwards too. At this point I have been creating images for just a year, well creating Lino cut images. I have been photographing and doodling for ages. To do the

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    0034 - 2023.11 pink flower

    I can’t remember the name of this flower, and I failed to get a clear background. It is still quite nice, though. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #pink Series: #day-garden

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    0033 - 2023.11 Oleander

    Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #pink Series: #day-garden

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    0031 - 2023.12 Kangaroo Paw Yellow

    Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #yellow Series: #day-garden

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    0029 - 2023.11 Bottlebrush

    I had a rush of blood to the head and went and took a series of pictures of flowering plants. This and others in the series were photographed in situ; no plants were harmed, as they say. How I did i

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    0039 - 2023.11 Agapanthus

    Just starting to bloom, it’s Spring after all. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #purple Series: #night-garden

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    0063 - 2024.02 Four o’clock flower

    This is across the side fence with my neighbour - who loves the purple colour! Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #purple Series: #night-garden

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    0064 - 2024.02 Frangipani

    Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #white Series: #night-garden

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    0065 - 2024.02 Agapanthus

    If agapanthus appear often in this archive it’s because all the neighbours grow them along their front fences. And they are photogenic. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #purple Seri

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    0066 - 2024.02 Single Gum Blossom

    Another photo of our flowering gum. This time a single gum blossom, there were not many this season and they came later. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour:#purple Series: #night-garde

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    0067 - 2024.06 Yellow marigold

    It’s summer, print classes haven’t started, and the garden is full of annuals. So why not take the camera for an outing? Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #yellow Series: #night-gard

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    0068 - 2024.02 Clivea

    We have a lot of Clivea in the garden, they make an excellent ground cover even if they are inclined to spread and get out of control. The ones in the garden are very orange, but have come out with f

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    0232 - 2025.08 Magnolia

    A lovely port wine magnolia spotted while walking the dog one night on a young tree about my height. Easy to photograph, no ladders required. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #pink

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