Arbor #4 Painting

Of all the native trees in Australia, the Eucalyptus tree stands out as the most quintessentially Australian tree… symbolising all, that is to love about Australia - it is very distinctive, very diverse , hard to categorise at times, extremely adaptable to all environments, beautiful, twisted and colourful, highly flammable — the list could go on. I dare say most Australians are extremely fond of “gumtrees” as we casually call them and the smell and sight of them is comforting — for me , as a “ new Australian," I feel they symbolise a country and its people.