Tracks in Time Koala on a branch

Description

(Approximate size: 49cm x 45cm)

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Part of my Tracks in Time series on a Handcrafted wooden koala. 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 Koala shape is indicating the species impacted and the wildlife tracks shown are

the those of a koala and human footprints. While the koala 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

succumbing to diseases. In this artwork it is represented by the koala tracks coming against the footprints

and disappearing. There are 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.