River to Sea 2010

During the wet-season the rainforest is pulsating with life as cicadas, katydids & frogs create a never ending progressive orchestra of sound-scapes. A window into the natural world. Vibrant birdwing (Ornithoptera priamus) butterflies move through the image, slowly revealing themselves as the more you look, the more you see. A summer celebration & a vivid reminder of how abundant the tropics are. The male birdwing is coloured green gold & black. The female has a wingspan of 20cm & is the largest species of butterfly found in Australia.

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“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Maya Angelou. Like a bird on the wire the “Bush Telegraph” is the Australian country term for the informal network which spreads news and gossip through a region of rural or outback Australia.

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Mangrove Mudcrab (Scylla serrata), Commonly known as the mud or mangrove crab, In their most common form, the shell colour varies from a deep, mottled green to very dark brown. In the northern states of Australia and especially Queensland, mud crabs are relatively common and generally prized above other seafood within the general public. The females can give birth to 1 million offspring which can grow up to 3.5 kg in size and have a shell width of up to 24 cm wide.

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Splotchy

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Forest Humpy

“Humans and nature construct one another”. - Alexander Wilson. This magical little forest dwelling is a living, evolving work of art hidden in the tropical rainforest of Kuranda, North Queensland. A human nature collaboration where every wet season the house attempts to become part of the forest, erasing the boundaries between inside and out and surrendering to the environment.

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Brown Falcon

The Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) is a member of the falcon genus found in the drier regions of Australia. It differs from other falcons in that it has broader wings and longer legs. Even though it is as large as the largest falcon, it usually hunts smaller prey.The Brown Falcon usually nests in old nests abandoned by other birds.This species occupies a large area of inland Australia.

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Flowering Gum

“Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of the birds?” ~ Pablo Picasso

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Leaf Notes

“The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living.”

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Moonshadow

“Live the life you’ve dreamed.” ~Henry David Thoreau

This image is also destined for the upcoming childrens book.

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Pebbly Rocks

Rock outside the square “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein

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Orange Leaves

“everything has rhythm. everything dances.” ~ Maya Angelou

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Silent Echo

“Like dreams, small creeks grow into mighty rivers.”

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Sunrise Shadows

“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien

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Lotus Rising

“In summer, the song sings itself.”     ~William Carlos Williams

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Praying Mantis

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see”.
~Henry David Thoreau

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