Meditation on Australian Wildfires

I decided to use my lace | heart | art 2020 entry to pay tribute to the stoicism and resilience of the Australian people in their fight against the wildfires. I’m half a world away from Australia but I was moved and touched by the resilience of the people, horrified by the plight of the wildlife and unnerved by the pace of climate change. In the last wildfire season, Australia was ravaged by the worse wildfires for decades. The fires have obliterated bushland, woodlands, many people have been killed and untold numbers of wildlife have been killed.

I created some flowers of Australia; a waratah; the state flower of New South Wales, a golden wattle; Australia’s National flower and a royal bluebell; the flower of the Capital Territory.