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This is an artwork I've adapted from an awe inspiring image I found online taken of an old mangrove tree over 700 yrs old in Australia. I marvel at the tenacity of something living and yet so old that can survive centuries of weather ravages as well as all the other natural elements surrounding it. Here in Australia, one of the oldest land masses in the world, there is so much history or story captured in the landscape that often is translated into myths and stories by the Australian indigenous culture and labelled as a form of dreaming.

I have added and transformed this image somewhat in the process of adding my own dreaming to this image through color and line. This is the 2nd image I've created through using the original image and with this I've added sepia tones to highlight the connection to land with this image - ergo the title.

One of our most famous Australian poets, Dorothy Mackellar wrote an iconic piece of poetry honoring this wide brown land of Australia c...

As a creative person all my life I've been drawn to expressing myself through drawing, painting and poetry. Also as an eclectic in most areas of my life, my artworks also express that and fun in creating is what inspires me at any given time. So please feel free to check out all my collections and rest assured that no watermark will be shown on the final image chosen and purchased. Copyright Leanne Seymour. All artworks are originals by the artist and as such are protected by US and international copyright laws; all rights reserved.No image contained herein may be copied, published, reproduced in any fashion, or used on the internet without express written permission.