... and my 'LITTLE GEMS' finally took me back to the way I used to draw as  child ... I loved detail and spent many years as an artist as I grew older ... freeing myself and my brush up so to speak ... and that has been a wonderful challenging undertaking for more years that I like to remember ... but I have been secretly loving the joys of detail again ... a closet detailer ... and paying homage to our beautiful Australian flora that can be found nowhere else on earth ... after all ... it takes something special to survive in the wilds of Australia ... also available as limited edition, archival reproductions ... www.marianrennie.com.au