About

My name is Vanessa Barbay, I am a PhD painting student at the Australian National University supported by an ANU research scholarship. My studio practice based painting project investigates Australia’s animal populations and is supported by a dissertation exploring the traditional representation of animals by indigenous painters, particularly in site specific rock art. Contact: vanessa.barbay[at]anu.edu.au

Bodily print made from decomposing male kangaroo with the addition of skull painted with gesso

Putrescent (Kangaroo Shroud) 2008 Bodily print made from decomposing male kangaroo with the addition of skull painted with gesso