New Blooms

SYDNEY

Benjamin Avery

THE ARTISTIC TOUCH

@thecolourblindflorist

Benjamin Avery’s arrangements are like miniature ecosystems, complete with their own laws of gravity and unique topographical features. “Each composition is a little world. An island in the sea; a cavernous rock formation; a mossy outcrop; mountain ranges; alien terrain or an entire coral reef,” says Avery who, as his Instagram handle suggests, is indeed colourblind. “Runs in my family,” he adds with a chuckle. But colour is in the eye of the beholder. And the spontaneity that springs from Avery’s work speaks of an artist who’s liberated from conventions. He trained as a painter but