tasmanian rosella with apple



pelican with turnips



swamp hen with candle



rose crowned fruit dove on fancy work



wombat with watermelon



fruitbat with plate



lorikeet with limes





“For the animals and birds in Drew’s photographs are all Australian natives: pelicans, fruit bats, magpies, rosellas, bandicoots, wombats, galahs and kangaroos. Each has met its demise through the encroachment of humans into its habitat - hit by a car, killed by a domestic pet, or stunned by power lines. They are part of the residue of environmental degradation, littering roadsides and washed up on beaches: the collateral of the clash between nature and culture. Since European settlement, Australia has had one of the highest rates of species extinction in the world, its unique and fragile ecosystems eroded or destroyed through land clearing, industry, urban development and the introduction of alien predators.”





rosella in alabaster




     by marian drew