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Penguin Random House Australia, 2024. Paperback. New. 304 pages. 11.26x8.51x0.87 inches.

Lantern / Penguin Group Australia, 2015. Hardcover in Dustjacket. For more than twenty years Wendy Whiteley has worked to create a public garden at the foot of her harbourside home in Sydney's Lavender Bay. This is the extraordinary story of how a determined, passionate and deeply creative woman has slowly transformed an overgrown wasteland into a beautiful sanctuary for everyone to enjoy - and in the process, transformed herself.Wendy Whiteley was Brett Whiteley's wife, muse and model. An artist herself, with a finely honed aesthetic sense, she also created the interiors at the heart of Brett's iconic paintings of their Lavender Bay home. When Brett died, followed by the death nine years later of their daughter Arkie, Wendy threw her grief and creativity into making an enchanting hidden oasis out of derelict land owned by the New South Wales Government. This glorious guerrilla garden is Wendy's living artwork, designed with daubs of colour, sinuous shapes and shafts of light.This is Wendy's story… Read More

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Penguin Random House Australia, 2015 290 pages. Excellent condition. The dust jacket has been wrapped in a clear plastic protective cover. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Penguin Books (Australia), Melbourne, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Size: Folio. 290 pages. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. For more than twenty years Wendy Whiteley has worked to create a public garden at the foot of her harbourside home in Sydney's Lavender Bay. This is the extraordinary story of how a determined, passionate and deeply creative woman has slowly transformed an overgrown wasteland into a beautiful sanctuary for everyone to enjoy - and in the process, transformed herself. Wendy Whiteley was Brett Whiteley's wife, muse and model. An artist herself, with a finely honed aesthetic sense, she also created the interiors at the heart of Brett's iconic paintings of their Lavender Bay home. When Brett died, followed by the death nine years later of their daughter Arkie, Wendy threw her grief and creativity into making an enchanting hidden oasis out of derelict land owned by the New South Wales Government. This glorious guerrilla garden… Read More

Lantern An imprint of Penguin Books, 2015.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 290pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Dj sl.faded and sl.rubbed on the edges else a fine copy of the 1st ed. This copy inscribed by Wendy Whiteley and the author Janet Hawley. The splendid garden created by Wendy Whiteley, Brett's wife and mause, is now so well-know that the adjective "secret" no longer applies. Nevertheless, visiting is a rewarding experience!