16/10/2025
‘Flight Path.’ 2025. Sustainable assemblage of the critically endangered, migratory Orange-bellied parrot. Materials include Tasmanian maps, eucalypt branch, cardboard and a preloved canvas. Background map is an original 1945 lithograph pulled from a University of Tasmania skip bin by another artist. 💛
Followers of bird and environmental news will note that Robbins Island features prominently in this work. See how I have placed part of the West Tasmanian coastline up the wing edge leading to the island? 💚 This is the flight path of the OBP. Environmental and birdlife groups continue to campaign against the development of a vast wind farm on Robbins Island which is a rest point for the OBP population who fly north to Victoria for the winter. The wind farm will be directly in this bird’s flight path, however, it seems unlikely that this project will be stopped which fills me with a sense of loss for this small but strong survivor and for the protection of Tasmania’s animal and plant life biodiversity broadly. So this work for me is a poignant one, an emotional one.
AND YET - 😆… This work was made for ‘JOY’ - our annual exhibition which has opened today and runs until 26th October!
Bird Art Exhibition – Bird Week Australia 📍
An immersive celebration of birds, joy & creativity.
📍 Stanmore, NSW | 16–26 Oct
📍 Opening Night: 17 Oct, 6–9pm
✨Escape into colour, beauty & conservation.
📍 20% of sales donated to BirdLife Australia
Exhibition running as part of In collaboration with the very wonderful .dwyer.artist .au
I certainly felt a lot of JOY when my sister in Hobart sent me photos of the maps she had been able to collect from her local community of donors! Thank you Kiera! xox Making this vibrant colourful work has been a joyful process. The gallery opened today at midday and this work has ALREADY SOLD 🔴😃 This also fills me with joy!
This assemblage was based on a photograph by Tassie photographer who generously shared with me a collection of his stunning photographic works for reference. Thank you again so much Baz!
