Tracks in Time Kangaroo, on Resin wooden kangaroo

Description

(Approximate size: 65cm x 48cm)

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Part of my Tracks in Time series on a Handcrafted wooden kangaroo. This series

depicts wildlife tracks meandering across the work with my signature waves washing across them. The

tracks the wildlife leave are fleeting and just a moment in time, weather and waves erase them, leaving nothing

behind to indicate they have ever been there. Sadly, this mirrors the lives of some species becoming endangered

or extinct.

In this artwork the Kangaroo shape is indicating the species impacted and the wildlife tracks shown are

the those of a kangaroo and human footprints. While the kangaroo is still with us more and more are falling

to interactions with humans, being hit by cars, having its habitat eradicated in the name of progress and in

some instances even being culled by farmers. In this artwork it is represented by the kangaroo tracks coming

against the footprints and disappearing. There are still some footprints keeping their distance, representing good

interactions with the species and in some cases even efforts to assist. There is still time to turn the tides on

extinction and ensure tracks continue to be left in time for generations to see.