Pastel on paper

Signed on the front.

During the devastating wildfires of Christmas 2019, each morning I would awake to the sky thick with red smoke- a constant reminder that our planet is suffering and our wildlife is dying. Every evening I would put plates of water out for the incessant stream of birds migrating away from the west to seek refuge away from the smoke filled skies. This piece is symbolic of a wish. The wish that the iconic marsupial that every Australian knows and loves, will survive this 6th mass extinction and we will see a revival of our Australian wildlife in the coming decades.
So this pastel painting is one celebrating our koalas as much as it is a call to action for the rest of us to consider our wildlife without further delay.