Ixia versicolor Chris Lochner250 x 405 mmWatercolour on ArchesArchival framing Critically Endangered, the delicate Ixia versicolor is found at only two sites after urban expansion drastically reduced it’s native vegetation type, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, to only about 9% of it’s … Continued
Are you having a laugh? Jane PitchfordPencil, Gouache & Acrylic Paint This illustration shows nine of the many South African flora and fauna that are unfortunately on the IUCN red list of endangered species. “Are you having a laugh?” Is … Continued
Pitsiulak is best known for the extraordinary drawings that have made him one of the most sought-after contemporary Inuit artists. Pitsiulak divides his time between drawing and hunting. His respect for the wildlife in his region is evident in his … Continued
Andrea Stallbom visits Laurel Holmes Laurel Holmes is a fine artist based in Kommetjie, Cape Town. Her work is drawn from a strong attachment to the South African landscape and her deep love for nature and natural places, acknowledging its role … Continued
Source: WEADartists.org Columbian Exchange III, Dornith Doherty. Digital collage made from x-rays captured at the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (USA) and PlantBank (Australia)
RED EARTH is an international environmental arts group creating site-specific sculpture installations and performances in the landscape. “Red Earth create site-specific work in, and in response to the landscape: installations, performances and participatory events exploring our natural and cultural heritage, … Continued
The Metamorphera series of digital artworks interweaves layers of landscape photographs with plant details to create new species of moths and beetles. Micro-scopic and macro-scopic elements combine to affirm the interdependence and connectedness of all aspects of nature. Okavango swampmot … Continued
Retha’s digital photographic artworks interweaves landscapes, plants and insects, stressing the importance of the smallest life forms in maintaining the bigger web of life. The Flora Insectora series recombines bits of insects to form bizarre new flowers. Bug nymphs become … Continued
Retha Buitendach creates extraordinary new Art-Insects, inspired by the beauty and diversity of the two million known insect species in the world. Many insects camouflage themselves as dead leaves to evade predation. Retha starts with dead leaves, sticks, pods and … Continued
boobscape, lynn mowson, 2018. photo by Kerry Leonard.b Based in Melbourne, Australia, lynn mowson explores abjection and empathic relations with non-human creatures in response to technologies of animal exploitation. Her artistic processes and methodologies are diverse, she includes tenderness, care, … Continued
Sphen – African Penguin Quintin Horn Print size: 540mm x 540mmFrame size: 600mm x 600mmPrint: Archival print on watercolour paperEdition: 1/1 IUCN: Spheniscus demersus (African Penguin)Status: Endangered A2ace+3ce+4ace ver 3.1Pop. trend: decreasinghttp://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22697810/0 Wikipedia: The African penguin is a member of … Continued
John Sabraw makes art from pigments obtained from acid mine drainage in USA, and paints to raise awareness of the problem, and their solution: to turn the ugly into the beautiful. For decades, pollution from abandoned underground coalmines has been … Continued
Floating Away Ingrid NussAcrylic on stretched canvas77cm x 52cm (framed) Critically Endangered Senecio Foenuculoides (long flowered button ragwort) Microdon Capitatus and other coastal dune vegetation due to coastal development.
Shujiro Murayama, Japan is a recipient of the Asialink exchange program (a partnership between Move Arts Japan Artist In Residence Program 2018 and BigCi, supported by Asialink and the Japan Foundation) During the recent BigCi residency in Australia Shujiro drew pictures … Continued
DEEP Design has put together a handy introduction for what to look for in eco-friendly printers. It is very important that we make wise choices when choosing our suppliers – every little action, purchase and decision we make has an … Continued
She Let Go She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She … Continued
A collective of 10 artists creating work together using film, visual arts, music and fashion The Nest Collective is a small army of thinkers, makers and believers living and working in Nairobi. Together they explore their troubling modern identities, re-imagine … Continued
while you still can by Kali van der Merwe We all depend on biological diversityIt’s the web of life,our health, our wealth , our survival This film was created for the ‘beyond Beyond’ exhibition first shown at Cameraland 2015 Concept, … Continued
By Levana Saxon On Beautiful Trouble “Often such little small cultural experiments open up space and possibility for the bigger changes to happen. The real seeds for revolutionary changes can grow in artistic practices.” John Jordan In Sum When seeking to … Continued
By Greg Foyster on Eureka Street You’ve probably come across a version of this guilt trip: when there’s so much injustice and destruction in the world, and so little time to change it, isn’t art a trivial indulgence? It’s a false dichotomy, … Continued
Artist Anandi Cronje and her daughter Lisa Gerber collaborated quite spontaneously – Anandi, rather than reprimanding her, allowed Lisa to draw onto the same paper than Anandi’s work in progress. Resulting in something so profoundly beautiful that I just … Continued
Artist & illustrator Quentin Horn shares: Felix (our Son) is obsessed with picking up “treasures” it started with glass on the beach and now wherever we go, he is picking up and cleaning public spaces. Needless to say, we have a … Continued
Clothes-peg spectacle arm My daughter when she was 18 months old was sitting on my lap at my desk when she grabbed my glasses and viciously twisted them while smiling at me, breaking off the arm and bending it to … Continued
A recent paper has revealed yet another ecological function fungal spores may provide, other than the passing of genetic information to subsequent generations. Maribeth Hassett and her team found that airborne spores released from higher fungi can actually kick start the cohesion … Continued
From: Art and endangered species: eye candy, or action? by Dustin Welbourne “…National Geographic magazine has been publishing brilliant wildlife pictures since 1906, and publishing articles about endangered species earlier still, yet problems persist. In the November 1900 issue of National Geographic John … Continued
“My work explores the relationship between order and chaos throughout all scales of the universe. The chaotic profusion of the natural world seen in the chaotic structure of tree branches, the structure of my lungs, the veins under my skin, … Continued
we all depend on biological diversity it’s the web of life our health, our wealth , our survival
You might have seen the video of the little puffer fish creating sand mandalas on the ocean floor. If not, have a look now >> Here’s another animal – this time from the avian realms: Some are called catbirds, gardeners, … Continued
To attract a female the Puffer Fish (Tetraodontidae) spends about a week creating – maintaining it 24/7 so the currents don’t destroy it – a Sand Mandala of about 2 meters in diameter. The little puffer fish is only about … Continued
It’s time for a food revolution in Africa! Currently, in Africa more than 200 million people are undernourished and approximately 33 million children go to sleep malnourished and hungry every night. “Overcoming poverty must become an act of justice” and … Continued