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 were joined to form a spiral that represents growth and suggests hopeful possibilities for the landscape if we work together.
The Palmer Sculpture Biennial was open from Saturday March 14 to Sunday 12th April 2026. The exhibition was held on Greg Johns property 3.5km north of Palmer on the Devenport Rd.
This photo shows the casuarina grove where the Leaves art work was installed between March 11-13. More photos of the final installation can be viewed by clicking on the image above.
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 AllportPaint on linen |  Julie AshAllocasuarina Verticulata, Ink drawing on cotton |
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 Rita BellatiWeeping Sheoak, Embroidery, jute chord, ink on cotton sheet |  Asha BombaraMonarto Mintbush 3, silkscreen stencil print on cotton |
 Declan Brown - tid.bit.Dance of the Fairy Wrens. Print on cotton. |  Caroline CasserleyTextile collage on cotton |
 Sally CastonEco dye on cotton |  Lisa ConollySewn textile collage, cotton thread, on canvas |
 Lesley CooperInk, fabric collage, thread on Hession |  Catherine DodsonInk drawing on cotton |
 Lee DühringCasuarina 1, Fabric paint print on white actyll sheet |  Karen FordeInk drawing on cotton |
 Sue GibbsInk, wool on cotton |  Kathryn GleesonLino cut print on cotton sheet |
 Lesley GouldenLino print on cotton |  Parafield Gardens High Year 8Ink and pencil drawing on cotton sheet |
 Caroline HamiltonEmbroidery cross-stitch, with wool |  Rose HandkeEucalpytus dye with iron mordant |
 Shalini KackerInk drawing on cotton |  Sue LastEucalyptus leaves print |
 Jane LemonCotton thread on linen, hand embroidered |  Sarah MarshallEmbroidered ants on printed cotton (from Maggie Thomas). |
 Andrew MetcalfePaint on canvas |  Elizabeth Portscotton mop, cotton, wool, on cotton mesh |
 Margaret RennieCyanotype print on canvas |  Andrea SainsburyPainting and textile collage |
 Maggie ThomasPrint on cotton |  Jen WilsonCyanotype on cotton |
 Natalie WilliamsPaint on canvas |  Therese WilliamsInk drawing on cotton, wet in wet ink bleed with detergent |
 Kate WaltersInk drawing on cotton |  Kristin WohlersAustralian Bilby, mosaic print and embroidery |