Winter Rosella from Nerriga

On the way back from staying with my family I found a freshly killed rosella, an eastern one without a tail.
I brought the limp body to the Woollamia home and lay them near the ringtail.
The cute Finch couple that live there watched me.
There they lay to decompose in the Woollamia bushland.

New Shroud Project

I have just made the decision to resume the shroud project in my new location.
There are different species hit by vehicles and a different environment in which to host the installation.
This beautiful male ringtail possum with a lovely thick winter coat and white tipped tail offered himself last night, tragically.
He is from Woollamia.
A local kookaburra watched me lay him in state.

Ochre Workshop

Margot Curtis and I enjoyed running an ochre workshop at See Change in the boatshed of the Lady Denman Heritage Complex.

Collaboration

Collaboration is a wonderful way to create art.

Endless Summer

'In Between' 2013 Bitumen, ochre, watercolour, gesso and rabbit skin glue on linen

Painting after the PhD has finally begun with Endless Summer a good motivation

Collaborating with Theresa

My school mate Theresa Ardler from Wreck Bay agreed to paint into one of the Shroud works with me.
The echidna was fatty so I said we should paint a ring of yellow ochre dots around the body, yellow meaning fat.
Then Theresa said she wanted to paint bands of red and black emanating out from this as the different types of ground the echidna passes over as she travels the land.

The Fleurieu Art Prize

I am a finalist in The Fleurieu Art Prize with two shroud works:

NOW Shoalhaven Art Prize

Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc are running the first art prize in the Shoalhaven

NOW — Open to all media works will be exhibited at Shoalhaven Arts Centre, Nowra 6th September - 2nd October. Enter online by 26th July

For photos of opening night see our facebook page

PhD works

Here are the completed works from my recent graduating exhibition.

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=124984

The last shroud

This film records my decision to remove the crow body from the shroud revealing the shadowy stain beneath. I also decide to leave the butcher bird’s body stuck to the canvas. Although I found the crow’s body beautiful, I could see the objectification once the work hung in the gallery. The presence of the crow shroud stain however counteracts the objectification of the butcher bird remains due to visual subservience to the crow who feeds on death.

A week later a murder of crows had gathered at the body of their own kind creating a cacophony as they fought over the remains.