‘TREES AND BONES’ is part of a continued investigation into the anthropogenic eroding of biodiversity in the natural world. It explores the disruption of ecosystem structure and impact of invasive species in characteristically captivating detail. The body of work was initially created for a group exhibition and displayed at the Hill Smith Gallery in Adeliade in April 2019, followed by a second showing [with additions] at Smith’s Alternative Gallery in Canberra in October 2019.
Painted lady butterflies erupting from the bullet hole in a feral cat skull with moss and the articulated skeleton of a sparrow.
The EPIPHYTE series explores the diversity of plant species in old growth forests. A single tree plays host to over 1000 individual plants that cling precariously to existence. Epiphyte #3 was burned in response to the Amazon fires of 2019 with its ashes on display in a vial.
BOARSKULL, GOATSKULL and CULL all explore the impacts of feral and overpopulated species on Australian ecosystems, highlighting both the necessity and animal cost of population control.
