This decade is an an exciting time of transition and evolution, with the potential to embrace either a new global renaissance or create 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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THE ANTHROPOCENE GRAVEYARD (Diptych)
Acrylic on Linen 100cm 152cm 2020
The rapid acceleration of species extinction does not bode well for mankind.
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COASTAL BUSHFIRE CHRISTMAS
Oil on Canvas 76cm x 101cm 2020
A painting about the catastrophic New South Wales 2019/20 bushfires.
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OBSERVING SEA LEVEL RISE 1
Oil on Board 55cm x 75cm 2015
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 40cm x 40cm 2020
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 93cm x 230cm 2018
After repeated 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 (Diptych)
Acrylic on Canson Paper 93cm x 230cm 2018
Rapacious fossil fuel consumption is contributing to the increasing warming and the acidifying of the oceans. Ironically the oceans are an amazing base from which to cultivate and harness alternate low CO2 energy sources, such as wind and wave power.
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LARSON C ICE SHELF
Oil on Canvas 50cm x 75cm 2018
A massive iceberg separated from the Larson C ice shelf in July 2017 and continues floating and breaking up in the South Atlantic.
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PLASTIC NANOPARTICLES AND FISH
Oil on Canvas 60cm x 90cm 2020
Increasingly we are ingesting more and more minute toxic plastic micro and nanoparticles through seafood, water and air. It is creating havoc with out endocrine system.
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AFTERMATH – BENDALONG BUSHFIRES
Ink on Watercolour Paper 25cm x 20cm 2020
A quick study of the 2020 post bushfire landscape around Bendalong/Manyana NSW.