Author(s): Franklin, Annie; Patel, Anita

Art History | Photography | Poetry and Folklore | Australian

Grief and Beauty by south coast artist, Annie Franklin, and Canberra-based writer, Anita Patel, arose from the personal experience of the 2019 -20 bushfires.

This beautiful limited edition book tells a story (in paintings and poems) of the impact of those fires. It portrays the changes in the forever altered landscape, from the devastation of the flames to the brilliant colours of renewal. And it speaks of the astonishing hope that is found in nature and in the human spirit. 

Franklin’s exquisite paintings and Patel’s lyrical verse chronicle an extraordinary time of profound grief and luminous beauty.