Casey

Pastel on Canson paper (Sold)

30 cm W x 30 cm H
The devastating flood of 2017 saw almost 20,000 people evacuated from the northern rivers area of NSW. The flood peaked at 11.59 metres in Lismore on March 31, overtopping the levee and inundating the CBD. It affected 68 per cent of businesses resulting in an estimated damage bill of just under $40 million. Afterwards when the water receded almost every home and business on the floodplain had a large muddy pile of possessions stacked on the roadside awaiting council pick-up. In some areas possessions had floated away and were now scattered across open areas. Pets were also lost with one family losing some sixty guinea pigs. As an artist I offered to “memorialise” some of these lost pets. Casey was one of these much-loved pets, and her owner was grateful to receive my tribute to her.