This series of works focuses on River Red Gums, truly the most iconic Australian tree species. They are extensions from our forests,  delineating the continent’s water arteries into our arid heartland.  They provide essential hollows, roosts and foods for a plethora of species. Their dappled shade provides a place to rest and contemplate in an arid landscape.

Concerned by their widespread deaths due to water starvation and droughts, I embarked on an exploration of them across our major river catchments.  On my journeys I observed numerous magnificent, majestic, weird and wonderful trees, though I was shocked and saddened by the multitude of sick, dying and dead trees I encountered.