With a lifelong interest and passion for the natural world, Rob has always combined his love of the environment and art. Wishing to raise awareness of the need to conserve shrinking habitats, particularly wetlands. In his work, he has attempted to to represent at-risk, vital natural diversity in his work, juxtaposing the often overlooked wildlife with the urban, maritime and industrial landscapes they inhabit.
“Hopefully if I can halt the viewer long enough to create awareness of what exists in these places and the value of working to ensure their existence, the important interconnection, man is nature–nature is man.”
ART
Fragmentation 4 – Watercolour and pencil on paper on salvaged ply panel 2021 WAMA Art Prize Finalist
Journey, Eastern Curlew – Acrylic polymer/mixed media on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Burleigh Street Tanks, Kestrel – Acrylic on salvaged timber panel
Journey, Black-tailed Godwits – Acrylic polymer/mixed media on salvaged timber panel
Flock at Rest – Wire sculpture on salvaged timber base
Journey Begins – Wire sculpture, salvaged fencing wire
Melbourne Water
Skipper Butterfly sculpture Cherry Lake, Altona
Journey, Mixed Flock 1 – Acrylic polymer/mixed media on salvaged timber panel
Journey, Mixed Flock 2 – Acrylic polymer/mixed media on salvaged timber panel
Fractured Flock – Acrylic polymer/mixed media on salvaged timber panel
Marbled Gecko – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
Wood Scorpion – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Journey, Greater Sand Plovers – Acrylic polymer/mixed media on salvaged timber panel
Journey, Great Knots – Mixed media on salvaged timber panel
Journey, Curlew Sandpipers – Acrylic polymer/mixed media on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Journey, Bar-tailed Godwits – Acrylic polymer/mixed media on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Australian Hobby – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Australian Gannet – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Peregrine Falcon – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Hooded Plovers – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Red-kneed Dotterel – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Pied Oystercatchers – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Pigface, Altona Refinery – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Red-necked Avocets and Banded Stilt – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Black-winged Stilts – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Pelicans – Acrylic polymer on salvaged timber panel
SOLD Epic Journey, Bar-tailed Godwits – Acrylic polymer/mixed media on salvaged timber panel