Desolate yet all undaunted | 2020

Original artwork by Sharon Field.

Desolate yet all undaunted, watercolour and graphite, 40 x 1600 cm. 

Imagine 2000 square kilometres dominated by thousands of trees, the majestic Eucalyptus viminalis.  Now, re-imagine this area as a massive graveyard, with all the trees dead.  Monaro Runes is a visible response to climate change, a ruined landscape - the skeletonised trees like ancient runic symbols.