22/10/2025
This painting is from my Once Were Burrowers series, which concerns the drastic decline and extinction of Australia’s burrowing marsupials, largely because of habitat loss and predation by foxes and cats.
Once there were so many small native animals playing their important role across the continent, improving the land with their burrows trapping water and leaf matter. The burrowers in these paintings are ghosts of those long gone, scurrying about a vast arid landscape.
The Once Were Burrowers watercolour and charcoal paintings will form part of my West End: Street to Sky exhibition from 13– 23 November at Vacant Assembly, 266 Montague Rd, West End, Brisbane. The opening event is 6pm Thursday 13 November and there will be an artist talk at 3pm on Saturday 22 November.
Please put these dates in your diary. We hope to see you there! In the meantime, you can view the full catalogue on our website at whynotstudio.com.au.