PRIMORDIAL SEED CONES by Viola Dominello

Size (cm): 45 x 61
oil on board

Banksias and their seed cones have always felt ancient to me—almost primordial in their presence. They carry a quiet strength, symbols of resilience and regeneration shaped over deep time. Growing up around the Hawkesbury, these forms are familiar; they speak of place, of memory, and of the enduring relationship between the land and those it shapes.