This mural was painted for Denmark Arts Centre, Greenskills and Denmark Tip Shop.
Astronomers and geologists tell us about ELE's, or Extinction Level Events which have reshaped and re-engineered the surface of the Earth, her terrains, atmos- and litho-spheres, and families of life of all kingdoms numerous times in her history.
Initially destructive to life and limb, each of these planetary-level catastrophes paved the way for entirely new life-forms to fill the new ecological niches and habitats, hence my title 'Creation-Level Event' Dreaming, in honour of the on-going processes of purification and renewal.
This image depicts twin sun-grazing comets conjoining and being guided to their ground zero in the Pilbara region of western Australia by a huge dragon-fly. Within 30 seconds of when I began to paint the blue sky, a blue dragon-fly flew directly into my paint. I made valiant efforts to rescue him/her, who lasted until the next day despite almost being able to fly away. I feel this being was some kind of cosmic messenger.
In the celestial realms you see the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars as well as the Pleiades and Crux Australis. Four black cockatoos symbolizing the four varieties who live around Denmark soar, a lonely trilobite dwells in the comet's tail, and ohana moana is represented by dolphins, whales and sea-turtles.
(story in progress...)
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