Mark Schaller - Botanicus Fantasticus 

Informed by the natural world, literature and the universe, Schaller takes his painting kit beyond the studio to investigate the trope of ‘artist studying nature’. Like many artists before, Schaller is assuming the role of the romantic, painting en plein air. He is performing painting in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Victoria encapsulated between two worlds; the garden as wild nature and urban interactions and intervention.