Their similarities include that artists Imants Tillers and Rosalie Gascoigne were passionate about the environment and loved the beauty of the Australian landscape. In their works they both used a grid to represent the changing sections of the landscape and also built their work in layers. Both used text and referenced literature and poetry, as in Rosalie's artwork she used broken text combined together to create the image of a worn path, while Imants uses words to portray a message and make a personal statement on the area. Rosalie Gascoigne referenced her painting through the titles and logos used in the images, while Imants used direct quotes from poems, place names and including her own message. Both artists lived in the same area and were influenced by the beauty and freedom of the landscape and both believed in caring for the environment. Rosalie loved freedom and open spaces while Imants appreciated the bohemian nature of living in tune with the landscape and was influenced by indigenous beliefs. Both artists were also influenced by Japanese techniques as Rosalie had previous skills in Ikebana which enhanced line, from which she influenced her creation of meaning from text to form images, on the other hand Imants also had previous skills in reprographic technology Neko which allowed you to create large images on the computer. generated and printed