The term Sentinel Species signifies a group of living organisms guarding the environment while acting as a harbinger of the condition of that environment. The Bird has long been a symbolic messenger between Man and the Cosmos and represents the quest for height / elevation. I have been developing the theme of environment / technology for five years and have synthesised these ideas into a series of bird portraits. Most recently specific birds, both protected and endemic to tropical Far North Queensland have become a personal metaphor or self-portrait of our humanity in a burgeoning era of technology and overload within the human condition. 'Sentinel' is an installation that will echo the nature and intimacy of our richly verdant rainforest, wetlands and coast of Far North Queensland. Tropical rain will stream down gallery walls of veridian and pthalo blue; carpets of water will make welcome the inhabitants of this world.
For more information: https://northsite.org.au/look-back/
