Artist: Mandy Rains
Mediums: Acrylic on Canvas, leaves and bush vine
Dimension: 25cm x 30cm x 3.5cm
Artist Statement:
On a recent camping trip out bush, I was sad to see the proliferation of the Black Wattle saplings (an invasive species native to SE Australia) in amongst the native bush land which was home to many beautiful species of Ghost Gum. In this small piece I have wrapped/strangled the Ghost Gum leaves up with a type of bush vine, that was also strangling part of a Ghost Gum. On top I have placed some Black wattle leaves shown here to be weaving their way back into the native bush, eventually choking up this area of bush land.
