Winner: Kinimathatakinta/George Town Council Major Aquisitive Award (inaugural) 2024.
Mixed Media on wooden panel.
Oil on Marine Ply, Colour Pencil on Perspex
Oil on Aluminium Panel, Oil and Colour Pencil on Perspex
Acrylic, pastel, Mica Flakes & texture paste on Epson Archival Matte Paper. SOLD.
Alcoota, approximately 200kms North East of Alice Springs contains a site of immense scientific significance, fossilised bones from approximately 8 million years ago have been found there. Then, Alcoota sat within a large shallow grassy plain, a series of water holes were linked by creeks and were edged by galleried forests. Mega fauna ruled here, amongst them, the giant 'Thunder Bird" Dromornis stirtoni, flightless, weighing up to 500kg and standing 3 metres tall and the 'Powerful Thylacine' Thylacinus potens, the largest meat-eating marsupial at the time and largest of all Thylacines to have inhabited Australia. The landscape, weather, flora and fauna have significantly altered since then. This work investigates the dynamics of those changes using mixed media, including natural earth pigments from the area, and layers to create the narrative.