Gardens Of Light The Making, History And
Meaning Of Gardens
Lynne Strahan

Developing A Way Of Seeing Is The End Of All Gardening

Every passionate gardener knows that gardening is about much more than plants. It concerns perception, colour, light, scent, movement - the harmonies existing between the seen and the unseen. This unusual and illuminating book is a celebration of gardening in all its aspects - its symbolism, delights and mysteries. Part history, part philosophical investigation, part travel writing, it takes as its starting point the author's windswept coastal property in Australia and goes on to explore gardens around the world. In Italy, Spain, New Zealand, France and elsewhere; from the extravagances of the Ottoman Tulip Festival to creating a garden for children. For Lynne Strahan the vital elements of gardening are part of the imaginative life.

Also delving into the significance of gardens in the works of the great painters, writers and thinkers, Gardens of Light is an exuberant, life-affirming observation of the natural world in all its wonderful detail.

Published by: Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 2002
Hardcover

Brian Dunlop
Lynne Strahan

This monograph is recognised as the definitive overview of the artist's work, and this new edition includes a chapter on Dunlop's most recent paintings.

Presented here are both his Australian and European works. Included are several new portraits and a selection of still lifes, interiors and landscapes.

48 full colour plates
41 black and white figures

Published by: Craftsman House, 1999
Hardcover

$88.00 plus postage and handling

The Last Voyage of the Araminta
Lynne Strahan

A wonderful story for children. Filled with imagery of fantastic creatures, heroes and landscapes. Beautifully illustrated by Irena Sibley.

Published by: Seniscorn Books, 1985
Hardcover

$10.00 plus postage and handling

Geometry of Touch and Distance
Lynne Strahan

Geometry of Touch and Distance is Lynne's first collection of poetry. She returns to her animating theme - the path of reconciliation with unresolved aspects of the past - sometimes in her own voice, at others through masks and transformations. 'How to find peace in a world of suffering?' This question enfolds her concern with the relationship between free will and destiny, the attempt to extract meaning from grief and loss, the desire for wholeness in sexual love and search for a spiritual centre.

Printed By: Australian Print Group, 1992
Softcover

$15.00

Private and Public Memory: a history of the city of Malvern
Lynne Strahan

Softcover
$11.00

Leather Bound, Numbered - Limited Edition

$82.00

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