The 2020’s will be an exciting time of transition and evolution with the potential to embrace either a new global renaissance or a totally dystopian planet. Some of the challenges of the Anthropocene age include navigating human induced climate change ramifications, adapting to advanced AI and algorithms and the merger of biotech and info tech. The Anthropocene Epoch will reframe the way we see ourselves, others and our environment.
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COASTAL BUSHFIRE CHRISTMAS
Oil on Canvas 76 cm x 101 cm 2020 (Available)
A painting about the catastrophic NSW 2019/20 bushfires.
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OBSERVING SEA LEVEL RISE 1
Oil on Board 55 cm x 75 cm 2015 (Not Available)
The figure observing the ocean represents the cognitive dissonance some humans have for the future ramifications of sea level rise.
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OBSERVING SEA LEVEL RISE 2
Acrylic on Canvas 40 cm x 40 cm 2020 (Available)
A psychological painting about turning one’s back on the ramifications of climate change.
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CORAL BLEACHING DIPTYCH
Acrylic on Canson Paper 93 cm x 230 cm (Diptych) 2018 (Not Available)
After 3 major bleaching events, more than 50% of the corals in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have died or are severely degraded.
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A DROP IN THE OCEAN
Acrylic on Canson Paper 93 cm x 230 cm (Diptych) 2018 (Not Available)
Rapacious fossil fuel consumption is contributing to the warming and the acidifying of oceans. Ironically the ocean can generate alternate low CO2 emission energy sources, such as wind and wave power.
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LARSON C ICE SHELF
Oil on Canvas 50 cm x 75 cm 2018 (Available)
A massive iceberg separated from the Larson C ice shelf in July 2027 and continues floating and breaking up in the South Atlantic.
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PLASTIC NANOPARTICLES AND FISH
Oil on Canvas 60 cm x 90 cm 2020 (Available)
How peculiar that we are increasingly consuming more and more minute and toxic plastic nanoparticles in our seafood, water and air.
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THE FISHING LICENCE
Acrylic Collage on Cardboard 25 cm x 21 cm 2020 (Available)
The sustainability of human life is interdependent on the ocean and marine life. Overfishing, ocean acidification and warming temperatures are jeopardizing this relationship.
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AFTERMATH – BENDALONG BUSHFIRES
Ink on Watercolour Paper 25 cm x 20 cm 2020 (Not Available)
A quick study of the post bushfire landscape around Bendalong NSW.