Inspired by my own backyard in the Adelaide Hills and also my memories of my grandmas place as a kid. I loved the fuzzy flowers we used to crumble up and use in our mud pies. Now they become an issue when I paint outside during the months they float away from the tree and end up in my paintings but still love them. Or drop a heavy branch when gardening. Wanted to create a contrast with these trees to their background for a dramatic effect. The background has a light texture and the trunks have heavy textures. Centre tree is white with black details and the other two are cream. Background colours are a mix of blues, turquoise, greens, pinks, white, metallic gold, deep blue and beige. Very calm, cool and fresh colours. Finished with a satin varnish. The close ups show their colours and textures well.