Gippsland is a remarkable part of Australia but its wilderness and beautiful extremes have made it very vulnerable to the destruction of Climate Change. The past summer’s fires were devastating not only to the forests but the small coastal towns - who also face the prospect of rising sea levels.
I have a new album on my website, a mini exhibition of works concerned with these issues - MT HOTHAM.
In these works the ripped distressed tissue and the thin unfinished paint layers reflect the fragility of land and life. The real thaw on Mt Hotham is symbolic of the global temperature rise.
Hope and resilience can be seen in the bright green of new growth.
