“Out on a limb”
Oil on canvas
80cm wide x 80cm high
ORIGINAL SOLD
LIMITED EDITION PRINTS AVAILABLE
In October last year I had the absolute pleasure of spending time at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on Queensland’s Gold Coast as their Artist in Residence. The work they do for wildlife is a great inspiration to me so the opportunity to create art along side this team was amazing to say the least.
I have created this oil on canvas work to celebrate 4 of the 15 species they are heavily involved with in conservation efforts. The critically endangered regent honeyeater, the vulnerable brush-tailed rock wallaby, the vulnerable koala and the critically endangered kroombit tinker frog.
I will be donating the proceeds from the sale of this painting to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary as well as a portion of sales from the limited edition print release.
Starting to add fur to the koala’s face. I had never painted a koala until the devastating bushfires in 2020, this will be my fifth since then. I love the proportions of koalas, tiny eyes and a big nose, fierce and adorable all at once.
Framed and ready to hang
I had to add the tiny little tinker frog. These tiny little frogs are the only representative in the entire exhibition that are not local to Logan city region, but they are so wonderful and the work Currumbin is doing to build their numbers is commendable.
Working on the wallaby’s fur in the early stages. Brush-tailed rock wallabies are one of those species that were once considered a pest and hunted for their fur. This hunting along with invasive threats like foxes and feral cats, loss of habitat and invasive plants crowding out their food plants have spelt the rapid decline in this species numbers.