Leaves

Image courtesy of Margaret Rennie, detail

Leaves

Leaves is a ground-based textile installation that celebrates the beauty and resilience of South Australia’s dry land flora and fauna. Our collaboration responds to the restoring vistas of Greg John’s property at Palmer in South Australia, and was exhibited in the Palmer Sculpture Biennial in April 2026.

The work invites you to cultivate tough locals in your own environment. Elizabeth (Liz) Ports and Lisa Conolly invited other artists to work with natural materials and ink to express their concerns with our environment. The textile art works are joined to form a spiral that represents growth and suggests hopeful possibilities for the landscape if we work together.

This photo shows the casuarina grove where the Leaves art work will be installed. More photos will be loaded after the installation is completed on March 13.

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Artist contributions to Leaves

Below is an example of one work contributed to Leaves from each artist. Some artists provided multiple works, and if so these additional works may be viewed by clicking on the image.

Jenny Allport Paint on cotton	Julie Ash Allocasuarina Verticulata, Ink drawing on cotton
Rita Bellati Weeping Sheoak, Embroidery, jute chord, ink on cotton sheet	Asha Bombara Monarto Mintbush 3, silkscreen stencil print on cotton
Declan Brown Print on cotton	Sally Caston Print on cotton
Lisa Conolly Sewn textile collage, cotton thread, on canvas	Lesley Cooper Ink, fabric collage, thread on Hession
Catherine Dodson Ink drawing on cotton	Lee Dühring Casuarina 1, Fabric paint print on white actyll sheet
Karen Forde Ink drawing on cotton	Sue Gibbs Ink, wool on cotton
Kathryn Gleeson Lino cut print on cotton sheet	Rose Handke Eucalpytus dye with iron mordant
Sue Last Eucalyptus leaves print	Jane Lemon Cotton thread on linen, hand embroidered
Sarah Marshall Embroidered ants on cotton	Liz Ports cotton mop, cotton, wool, on cotton mesh
Margaret Rennie Cyanotype print on canvas	Andrea Sainsbury
Maggie Thomas Print on cotton	Jen Wilson Cyanotype on cotton
Andrew Williams Paint on canvas	Natalie Williams Paint on canvas
Therese Williams Ink drawing on cotton, wet in wet ink bleed with detergent	Kirsten Wohlers Australian Bilby, mosaic print and embroidery