Wynyardia - detail (minus his tail) 
Smoke with megafauna (sleeping below the carbon layer) Gallery 2
Threatened and Extinct Species
As a supporter of the Threatened Species Network of the Northern Territory it was very sad to see it un-funded when we are quietly losing our mammal species at an alarming rate. Their decline is linked (in my opinion) to the increasing frequency of fires, most of them deliberately lit.
I am also interested in the extinction of the Australian megafauna.
Kakadu dodo
A page from a book of bird studies in pencil and watercolour. This is drawn from a dead bird lent by the Territory Wildlife Park and reconstructed with the aid of photos I took at a campsite in Kakadu. I was struck by the similarity with the extinct giant pigeon...
watercolour over pencil
Megafauna
This was my entry into the Tasmanian Bay of Fires Art Award - 'Our Island Heritage' I have a life-long interest in fossils and prehistoric creatures. In this painting I have reflected on Tasmania’s palaeontology and in particular, its Megafauna, that became extinct soon after the arrival of humans. Central to this piece is my artistic reconstruction of the mysterious possum-like creature, Wynyardia.
Fishistory
A surviving shark circles about a moribund reef. The history of fishes is traced in the layers of sediment below.
Acrylic and Collage on canvas
122 x 76cm
Ghosts
Giant flightless birds once roamed the Territory...
Acrylic and collage on paper
38 x 56cm
Threatened Species Alphabet
Peoples Choice Award 2005 - used as the TSN poster. A few copies are available for purchase.
Collaged watercolours
Rock Wallaby
Watercolour (private collection in UK)
65 x 85cm
Please do not disturb
Tidying up and burning off destroy this small marsupial's refuge...
Pastel (private collection)
55 x 68cm
Gove Crow
A butterfly so rare I have never seen it
Watercolour
50 x 65cm
Palm Valley
Havens of ancient plant life, dependant on ground water. You can hear drilling.
Watercolour
65x 85cm
Open Verdict
How did this Tawny Frogmouth meet his end - a cane toad perhaps (Cane toads reached the Northern Territory only recently, I don't know their full impact, but in this area have certainly resulted in the loss of most larger reptiles and some birds)
Page from a nature notebook
Northern Pobblebonk - or Lymnodynastes convexiusculus
Overall winner, TSN Art Show 2009
A notebook with entries spanning 15 years in Humpty Doo, including most of the native frogs from this area and some creatures no longer seen here....
