Regeneration - tree fern

Driving back from Phillip Island we came through Victoria's Mt Baw Baw national Park, recently burnt by bushfire. Standing out from a blackened hillside was this alarmingly green tree fern. Surprisingly they appear to be one of the first plants to show recovery. Even though the fire is a terrible event ,the bright green regrowth is a beakon of hope against a sombre backdrop. I painted this canvas while resting it on a table. I wanted to get bright sharp edges around the green regrowth.

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My first 20 years were spent in southern NSW on a farm on wonderful grey box country, then..
University at ANU surrounded by scribbly gums.
More recently south coast of NSW amongst beautiful spotted gum forests.
In between times I studied art at RCAE Wagga and TAFE Goulburn in the spare time I had running a business spanning 40 years.
Artist's trips to Alice Springs and beyond over the past decade have rekindled my interest in the textures and colours of Central Australia- ghost gum country...
There's a pattern here...
For the past 10 years I have been exhibiting and selling successfully in Sydney.