On the road with artist Celia Perceval

By Peter Munro
Updated November 1 2014 - 8:13am, first published 8:03am
Celia Perceval at work in Ku-ring-gai National Park. Photo: Dean Sewell
Celia Perceval at work in Ku-ring-gai National Park. Photo: Dean Sewell
Celia Perceval at work Photo: Dean Sewell
Celia Perceval at work Photo: Dean Sewell
Celia Perceval paints near Bobbin Head. Photo: Dean Sewell
Celia Perceval paints near Bobbin Head. Photo: Dean Sewell

Celia Perceval plants her blank canvas against a flat dark rock and perches in the scrub, wondering about spiders and whether her bum crack is showing. "It's funnel-web country, wet and leafy," she says, glancing at the ground.