Lynne Uptin, Banksia. Watercolour on Fabricano watercolour paper, 73 x 102cm. Courtesy: the artist and Bett Gallery, Hobart.

Bett Gallery presents work by Lynne Uptin.

kunanyi/Mount Wellington brings a Gondwanaland heritage wilderness into a capital city. Plants have evolved in this dolerite landscape in isolation since Tasmania became detached from Antarctica 45 million years ago and then separated from the Australian mainland some 12,000 years ago.

The watercolour paintings in this exhibition follow the variation in iconic plants that survive on kunanyi as climate and exposure changes, from the shrubby plants found at lower levels through to those surviving in the windswept alpine heath at 1200 meters. All but one of the plants found on kunanyi in this exhibition are endemic to lutruwita/Tasmania.

Opening Event: Friday 7 July, 5.30 – 7.30pm.

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