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Australian Botanical
5th December 2017
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wattle.jpg)
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tree-waratah-tree_1e.jpg)
Today I discovered the work of Julie Hickson, an Australian artist. I find that botanicals inspire me the most (watch this space for the 2018 Pickle Design calendar!!!). Nature can be represented in seemingly endless ways. I like how Julie focuses on her native plants capturing them accurately yet still stylised.
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/mottlecah1.jpg)
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gum_blossom.jpg)
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC00438_2.jpg)
After a 20 year career in television production Julie decided to focus on her own art. She uses a technique popular in the Art Nouveau period in France, the ‘pochoir technique’. Matisse used this method during his ‘Jazz’ series. Pronounced posh-wah, this involves drawing her subject and creating a stencil then hand painting over it. Julie loves the reveal, you never quite know what you are going to get!
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/banksia-serrata.jpg)
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Pod-and-Pod-Stenocarpus-sinuatus-firewheel.jpg)
The oldest form of print making, stencilling means the elements need to be linked, solid in some way. I respect Julie’s focus on Australian botanicals, I know so little about the flora and fauna of the other side of the world I find her forms captivating. The work also has a retro feel, a nod the the psychedelic fabrics of the 60s and 70s.
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Pod-and-Pod-persimmons.jpeg)
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Pod-and-Pod-Palm-Beach.jpeg)
![Julie Hickson Australian stencil artist](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Pod-and-Pod-macrocarpa.jpeg)
I have always had an affection for line-making in art and Julie Hickson’s structure appeals to me. You can find out more about her in this article at Garden Drum.
![Pencil Illustration](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/themes/pickled/images/pencil.png)