In safe keeping
“In safe keeping” Pencil on paper 2013 A drawing I made about how we assign nature to safe little havens, parks, zoos and nature reserves. These places are precious, but is this really the way we want?
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We are all nesting
“We are all nesting” Pencil on paper 30 x 22 cm 2014 We are all making our, homes, feathering our nests, filling them with consumables, but at what price to the environment?
repercussions
“Repercussions” Mixed Media 120 x 100 cm 2011 A large drawing that is a tangle of cities, roads, roots and buildings. Nature is finding a way back in through the cracks.
Right inside
“Right inside” Pencil on paper 30 x 40 cm 2011 I’m split down the middle, I can’t decide, my heart is hanging out. The bare bones are there in the center and they are rising out.
Thylacine
Thylacine Mixed media on paper 2013Thylacine is a drawing from my series Shameful Australia. I wanted to make a drawing about how the change in population changed the wildlife of Australia. The Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger was effected by disease and the introduction […]
Feel The Pressure?
“Feel The Pressure” Pencil on paper 40 x 30 cm 2009I’m getting older, we all are. I feel that we are encouraged to deny this reality and attempt to appear forever youthful. Media ideas of beauty are very narrow and it […]
The convincing ground
“The convincing ground” Pencil on paper 2013Around 1833 one of the many massacres of the Australian indigenous people took place, it is known as the Convincing Ground Massacre. I think the name “Convincing Ground” really focused me to try and depict […]
Lament of the wolf
“Lament of the Wolf”Pencil on paper35 x 28 cmThe study for my painting by the same name (see painting here).
Berths
“Berths” Ink on paperA drawing I made after a visit to Greenwich. I was sitting up on One Tree Hill, where Queen Elizabeth the first used to sit. I could see the Thames stretched out in front of me and […]
Primal
“Primal”Ink on paper
In the dark
“In the dark” Pencil on paper 28 x 28 cm 2008 A quiet moment of reflection on our connection to nature.
Encased drawing
“Encased” Pencil on paper 38 x 28 cm The preliminary drawing for the painting “Encased” you can see the painting here, it is about the need to keep your children safe.