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Banksias are in the family Proteaceae, named - with a poetic turn of phrase - after Proteus the ancient Greek god of the sea waves. Proteus could foretell the future but tried to avoid this responsibility by always changing his form so he was almost impossible to pin down. Truly the Proteaceae do take many forms, and the genera Banksia are no exception. They are shapeshifters, from tall littoralis to ground hugging repens, and very many of them only occur naturally in the SW of Australia, this home ground. Lately I have heard them called "the canary in the coal mine", the big old trees being one of the first to succumb to the changing conditions of a drying climate. So now they can foretell the future too…

Old Bones - shapeshifting Banksias is my response to the Banksia species I know best, B.grandis, or Poolgarda, the Bull Banksia. My intention is to honour its ancient place in this landscape, to imagine an uncanny side to its vegetable nature, and so find a way to share it as the remarkable being that it truly is.

Holly Story, 2019

The artist would like to pay her respects to the original inhabitants of this place, the Noongar people, their elders past, present and future, and would like to honour their way of seeing and knowing in this landscape.


In OLD BONES - shape shifting banksia, artist Holly Story gives a personal perspective on the beauty of the plants, their meaning and the delicate future they hold in our landscapes:
The exhibition will be open daily 10am - 4pm
April 6 - May 5 2019
1. OLD BONES
balga resin and plant ink on paper
first exhibited Heathcote Gallery 2013
2005mm x 1140mm
$3,000
2. FIREFLOWER
balga resin and plant ink on paper
first exhibited Heathcote Gallery 2013
2005mm x 1140mm
$3,000
3. SPELLBOUND
B. grandis flowers, silk orgnza, plant dye, graphite and
colour pencil on wooden board
first exhibited Fremantle Arts Centre 2018
3000mm x 200mm x 100mm
$3,900
4. THE TENDER CHANGE
plant dyed cotton string 2019
(variable size, stand not included)
550mm x 200mm x 100mm
$2,800
5. FIGURE #1
6. FIGURE #2
plant dyed wool blanket,
B. grandis cone, steel stand 2019
205mm x 85mm
$290 each
7. FIGURE #3
8. FIGURE #4
9. FIGURE #5
10. THE SHAPE OF THE WORLD
plant steam print on rag paper, archival ink 2019
310mm x 825mm
SOLD
11. COLLECTION #1
archival ink on rag paper 2019
335mm x 785mm
$575
12. COLLECTION #2
archival ink on rag paper 2019
335mm x 785mm
$575
13. CONE #1
pencil on rag paper 2019
325mm x 295mm
$300
14. CONE #2
pencil on rag paper 2019
300mm x 300mm
SOLD
15. CONE #3
pencil on rag paper 2019
325mm x 300mm
$300
16. CONE #4
pencil on rag paper 2019
350mm x 295mm
$300
17. CONE #5
pencil on rag paper 2019
370mm x 325mm
$300
18. FAMILIAR FIGURE #1 (grandis)
oil pastel and paper, plant steam on rag paper 2019
350mm x 95mm
$300
19. FAMILIAR FIGURE #2 (grandis)
oil pastel and paper, plant steam on rag paper 2019
350mm x 95mm
$300
20. FAMILIAR FIGURE #3 (grandis)
oil pastel and paper, plant steam on rag paper 2019
350mm x 95mm
$300