The artworks are drawn from the illustrations and words in the book The Naturalised Flora of South Australia published in 1909 by J.M. Black, the botanist uncle of artist Dorrit Black.
On one side of the page the images of the plants are painted very simply in green paint. Next to the image of each plant is layered in sanguine ink the family and name of the plant, and words from its scientific description and location. In becoming almost illegible as information this layering of words opens questions about naming, language and meaning. The plants are from all over the world and are naturalised, something that also happens to people.
The complexity of being part of a family is also present in the work.
Stephanie Radok 