Acrylic on canvas, Framed Flooded Gum, 183 x 88cm
Jane Tonks 2026 Calleen Art Award painting - awarded a highly Commended as well as the People’s Choice.
Artist statement:
“An imposing, multi-centennial Eucalypt towers above a shaded valley on Gaanha-bula. This forest giant bears visible scars of the 2018 bushfire. Many in this forest community did not survive. Numbers of old growth trees in native forests and on agricultural land are declining. Impacts of the climate crisis, bushfire, drought, flood, soil erosion, deforestation and invasive species all taking their toll. The health of remnant bushland forests are essential to a thriving eco-system. Old growth trees support habit, biodiversity, hollows for nesting, shade, and climate regulation. This painting invites the viewer to experience a thoughtful, sensory and emotional response.”– Jane Tonks
Acrylic on canvas, Framed Flooded Gum, 183 x 88cm
Jane Tonks 2026 Calleen Art Award painting - awarded a highly Commended as well as the People’s Choice.
Artist statement:
“An imposing, multi-centennial Eucalypt towers above a shaded valley on Gaanha-bula. This forest giant bears visible scars of the 2018 bushfire. Many in this forest community did not survive. Numbers of old growth trees in native forests and on agricultural land are declining. Impacts of the climate crisis, bushfire, drought, flood, soil erosion, deforestation and invasive species all taking their toll. The health of remnant bushland forests are essential to a thriving eco-system. Old growth trees support habit, biodiversity, hollows for nesting, shade, and climate regulation. This painting invites the viewer to experience a thoughtful, sensory and emotional response.”– Jane Tonks
