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Homecoming by Mandy McGuire

My original painting is a narrative image about the importance and beauty of trees. The cluster of black wattle trees are isolated on a floating block of land in a setting sky. Four black cockatoos, one hidden in the foliage, are keeping pace with what could be the last of their homeland. (The common black wattle is an important tree known for rapidly binding erosion prone soil. It also provides a food source for the black cockatoo). I use quality oils painted on stretched fine linen. My ideas come from many years of mentally collecting imagery, otherwise known as daydreaming. My trees are well known characters taken from the landscape and repositioned in a situation to help the viewer to connect on an emotional and spiritual level, and to bring attention to the vital importance of trees and their role in our ecology.