Botanical Creatures: Bird on a wire
Fine art photography, 1/1, Jpeg, (4k) 3842px x 3842px.
The rich earth tone leaves and gumnuts (seeds) have always reminded me of the beautiful but harsh Australian landscape. I wanted to create an image which represented the outback of Australia without taking a photograph of it. Instead I photographed & scanned eucalyptus leaves, textures and animals, which all make up elements of my internal landscape.
Organic photo montage techniques where used to bring this image alive with layering, blending and sculpting in a virtual space. The animals here are all waiting and watching patiently for something to happen. The twisted wire symbolizes the human element and the bird represents truth, which is often hidden in plain sight.
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Maya Angelou.
Like a bird on the wire the bush telegraph is the Australian country term for the informal casual network which spreads news and gossip through a region of
