::: TOX-ECOLOGY::: Art Omi International Artists Colony ::: New York, July 2002 :::

CENTRE IMAGES ::: SURVIVAL SUIT ::: LEFT: Tyvac suit; acrylic stencils and gumboots; 1950 x 1750 x 300 mm. RIGHT: Converse High-Tops; aerosol stencil

This work consisted of images of Poison Ivy and the Deer Tick (carrier of the debilitating lime disease) stenciled onto a 'protective' tyvac suit. The suit was used in a short performance and then hung in a grove of trees smothered in poison ivy vines. Images of the Deer Tick were stenciled onto converse high tops as part of this "survival suit".

BOTTOM IMAGES; LEFT::: KINGDOM ::: Acrylic and Aerosol on linen;125 x 125 cm (Private Collection, Melbourne) RIGHT: ::: UNTITLED ::: Acrylic and Aerosol on linen; 125 x 125 cm

A series of monoprints and works on canvas were also executed replicating the same imagery; left within a poison ivy leaf; right as a network or ecology

Series of stencil works dealing with toxicity and hazard in nature;

TOP IMAGES ::: FOSSIL ::: 1972 Lincoln Continental; stencils. Approx. 19x 7 feet.

The 1972 Lincoln Continental was one of the largest coupes produced. At 19 feet long and nearly 3 tons in weight, it came off the production line just as the US energy crisis hit. It is an icon of folly and excess, an almost Baroque expression of the machine aesthetic and the consumer age. It is an image of anti-nature. Nevertheless, it has a certain 70's disco sexyness. The vehicle was stenciled with images of toxic plants and animals found in the Colony's copy of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. The regal colour scheme chosen suggests an Empirical purpose; the images adorning it suggest hazard and death. (Thanks to the Omi workshop manager Jeb for allowing me to redecorate his car!)

CENTRE IMAGES ::: SURVIVAL SUIT ::: LEFT: Tyvac suit; acrylic stencils and gumboots; 1950 x 1750 x 300 mm. RIGHT: Converse High-Tops; aerosol stencil

This work consisted of images of Poison Ivy and the Deer Tick (carrier of the debilitating lime disease) stenciled onto a 'protective' tyvac suit. The suit was used in a short performance and then hung in a grove of trees smothered in poison ivy vines. Images of the Deer Tick were stenciled onto converse high tops as part of this "survival suit".

BOTTOM IMAGES; LEFT::: KINGDOM ::: Acrylic and Aerosol on linen;125 x 125 cm (Private Collection, Melbourne) RIGHT: ::: UNTITLED ::: Acrylic and Aerosol on linen; 125 x 125 cm

A series of monoprints and works on canvas were also executed replicating the same imagery; left within a poison ivy leaf; right as a network or ecology