Following on from our last exhibition at the Toogoolawah Regional Art Gallery, The Condensary, where the subject was Birds, I have researched and am developing the theme to incorporate my concern for the environment.
Process/Inspiration - Photographs of my children, drawings, collage, oil on canvas. 60cm x 60cm oil
I MISS EARTH WORMS. DO YOU? 60cm x 60cm Oil on canvas
Main story - understory
Bees, fleas, worms, germs,
humans are but one part of the ecosystem.
We have become the impatient species. Too busy to let nature replenish itself and too puffed up with our own sense of importance to acknowledge our utter dependence on its generosity.
- David Suzuki
Travelling around the world and Australia, we have seen various monocultures. Large expanses of a single crop. And while these are hugely efficient for crop production and harvesting, they have devastating environmental impacts.
In this painting the child/birds are eating processed food stored in small plastic containers. The mat is plastic. There is no diversity in the crop in the background. A monoculture. A system recognized to destroy biodiversity of creatures in the soil, including worms.