 Maatsuyker Island Lichen VIIWatercolour on paper, 2013, 114 x 90cm |  Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Seal Skull |
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 Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island White Bellied Sea Eagle Feather |  Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Unidentified feather |
 Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Shearwater Skull |  Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Shearwater Feathers |
 Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Shearwater feather |  Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Shearwater Bone |
 Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Lichen V |  Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Lichen VI |
 Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Lichen |  Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Peregrine Hawk Feather |
 Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Raven Skull |  Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Rosella Feathers |
 Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Lichen IV |  Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Lichen II |
 Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Lichen I |  Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Leaf III |
 Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Leaf II |  Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Leaf I |
 Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Kangaroo Fern |  Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Keepers Track Stump |
 Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Banksia Branch |  Cabinet_Nicole_.Maatsuyker Island Leaf IVjpg |
 Cabinet_Nicole_Maatsuyker Island Fairy Prion Skull |
Maatsuyker Island
During the summer of 2013-14 my partner and I undertook a three month Arts Tasmania Wilderness Residency on Maatsuyker Island.
Maatsuyker Island is a place of intense nature. From our quarters we gazed out over the Southern Ocean and watched as numerous storm clouds rolled in. The dark grey clouds brought with them gale force winds making the trees bend and claw up the island, and rain that went in all directions. Whilst most people would assume an artist would make works about the imposing landscape, I examined what made up the landscape from the ground up. I was interested in understanding the phenomena of things in nature. By examining how they grow, how the skeletal system of animals differ, and also looking at them with the artist’s eye as aesthetic objects in themselves. By isolating these objects as images I have constructed a large puzzle of what exists on the island, particularly looking at the decay and growth patterns of the organisms found there.