#bottledzoo

Last day to check out my current exhibition at OTK! Catfish Inner Workings Acrylic, ink, aerosol and pencil As kids we did lots of fishing from our ‘the bridge’. We’d catch eels and catfish mostly and chop them up for bait to catch more. I imagined sticks, leaves and fishing line tangled up inside it making it work, little ghosts to give it power and bring this contraption to life. #bottledzoo #melbourneart #catfish #innerworkings #barekworld (at Off the Kerb Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn7SyYwFM9l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9f8aa9lq4pus

Chameleon Inner Workings Acrylic, ink, aerosol and pencil Part of my Bottled Zoo exhibition. Get in and check it out @offthekerb (Thurs-Fri 12.30-6pm and Sat-Sun 12-5pm) This began as a Water Dragon, these huge lizards that lived in the mangroves I played in as a kid. At some point it became a chameleon! Part Water Dragon - part #ChamaeleoninaeBarekei #bottledzoo #chameleon #ink #melbourneart #barekworld https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnn5x_TFNO5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6jyytirwmfg

Turtle Bottle Ship Acrylic, ink, aerosol and pencil Piece from my current exhibition Bottled Zoo. As a kid I had my photo taken sitting on a dead turtle at the beach. I kinda cringe when I think of it so to honour this creature I painted him as a deep sea exploration vessel. Part skeleton, part driftwood, part bottle and tied together in a tangle of beads and string...... #bottledzoo #ink #melbourneart #turtle #seaturtle #barekworld https://www.instagram.com/p/BnkmChpn4_M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ciyp5nloq4ea

Deer Spirit Jar Acrylic, ink, aerosol and pencil. Part of my current exhibition Bottled Zoo. This started as a sketch of our old dog, a Doberman, with horns tied to him but I painted this during recovery from surgery and full of painkillers- so it became a deer at some stage 😂 I actually like this way more than what I’d planned it to be! #bottledzoo #deer #deerspirit #preserved #melbourneart #ink #melbourne #barekworld (at Off the Kerb Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnfWL7tHcig/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1axmqf0eyn9bp

Bottled Zoo opens tonight!! 6-9pm @offthekerb ‘Bottle Guardians’ Clay, fabrics, glass and found objects + 24 tiny jars and bottles. Some of the bottles are only a couple of centimetres tall and contain tiny things I’ve collected- feathers, seeds, fossils, bones, soil and sand from places I’ve visited! 🐌🦇🦗🦀🦆🦅🍄🌿🐸 #bottledzoo #melbourneart #melbourne #sculpture #guardians #barekworld (at Off the Kerb Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnakwfDHrpQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=teomugu2vmzx

Mossy Rock Jar (Acrylic, ink and charcoal) Work for my exhibition ‘Bottled Zoo’.l that opens tomorrow night! I carried this amazing rock home from the creek. It was covered in mosses and had toadstools growing from it. It looked like a tiny island forest and when I left it in the sun one day little toadstools had grown all over it.🍄 #bottledzoo #melbourneart #mossyrocks #ink #barekworld (at Off the Kerb Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnYNtzqHBZU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k75pavjsnajy

Frog Hunting at the Pond Acrylic, ink, aerosol and pencil. Piece from my exhibition opening this Friday night! Growing up we were lucky to have a giant pond/small lake in the backyard. Amidst the deafening frog calls, we would creep about with torches and candles trying to pinpoint their location. We’d also catch the cane toads and put them in the wheelie bin (they eat our native frog species) 🐸 #bottledzoo #melbourneart #froghunting #bullrushes #ink #barekworld (at Off the Kerb Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnP8wMln-8H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fgtbe5qg8bah

Tadpole Hunting Acrylic, ink, aerosol and pencil. Wow! Only a week until my show at @offthekerb opens! I would spend hours catching tadpoles from the potholes in the car park of a baseball field behind where I grew up. Some days I would have a buckets with 1000’s of them and the eggs. I didn’t know at the time they were actually cane toads! 😂 ( a pest species working its way across Australia killing off frog populations) #bottledzoo #melbourneart #tadpoles #tapdolehuntingmachines #hunting #ink #barekworld https://www.instagram.com/p/BnIjjzTHz09/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j5st69wg9vi3