Banksia Lady

Book excerpt: This is the story of Celia Rosser, the internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, who ultimately dedicated her life to painting the entire genus of Banksia, the only artist to have done so. Her dedication to the task put her at the center of the Monash Banksia Project for twenty-five years, and culminating in the production of an extraordinary three-volume florilegium that became one of the great books published in the twentieth century. Banksia Lady reveals the emergence of an artist who grew up in difficult circumstances during the Great Depression ..."--Back cover.