Mixed Media on stretched canvas, ready to hang.
Signed and numbered on the back.
This piece starts in the genre of a popular traditional Australian Colonial artwork by Convict Artist Thomas Watling from 1788, titled ' Spotted Quoll Dasyurus Maculatus.' I've moved the painting of a spotted quoll into the digital space and used the Surrealist methodology of manipulation to give meaning and context to ideas of identity, nationality, belonging, immigration and citizenship, as well as the environmental impact of migration. The quoll is replaced by a feral cat balloon animal, paying homage to Jeff Koons, an artist who explores the meaning of art in a media-saturated era, by referring to his popular balloon animal works from 1995-2010.