‘Heads or Tails?’ by Leith Maguire captures the beauty and grittiness of nature in her seemingly effortless ink on paper drawings that explore the complex relationship we have with native Australian flora and fauna.
“I am interested in the way that living things exist and move through the natural world,” says Maguire. “For me, drawing has always been a means of articulating the patterns and cycles present in the surrounding environment, as well as a way of exploring and attempting to understand my place in them.”
Images of our wildlife are experiencing a comeback as mascots for local conservation efforts, and as barometers to measure the extent of damage inflicted on the Australian landscape and its inhabitants through human intervention and environmental instability.
Linden New Art
Until 17 July, 2016
Melbourne
Thicket, 2016, ink on paper, 120 x 80cm (unframed)
Courtesy the artist, and Linden New Art, Melbourne
