By Artist Simon McLean
Title: “EAT YOUR GREENS ”
Description: EAT YOUR GREENS is from a series of Works based on Australian Wildlife titled NEXTINCT.
Materials: “EAT YOUR GREENS” Framed under Glass, Mixed media on Archival W/C Paper.
Size: 120 cm x 95 cm FRAMED
Artist statement
“ The U.S. Dollar was used here, as its still largely used as the Global Measure for Monetary Value and known Universally as the “GREENBACK” so rather than Australian currency the “Greenback" speaks to me more universally as Metaphor for Greed and Money at all cost, over the importance of the preservation of environment and its associated wildlife…
“EAT YOUR GREENS”… money won’t sustain our wildlife… Wildlife can’t live on that… The Dreaded dollar is only of use to our Wildlife if it's used to sustain and preserve the places where they live…. “
Contact details
Email: simon@simonink.com
short biography - Simon McLean
Simon Mclean has received numerous awards for his original Artworks and Illustration. He is represented in private collections throughout Australia and internationally. Mcleans Art is an eclectic mix of Illustration and fine Art practice, coupled with a dark broody mix of humour and sarcasm. His Charcoal works and paintings on paper and canvas have received critical acclaim, and have been described as anything from brilliantly dark to hilariously disturbing. In between Commercial Commissions, Book illustrations & Public Art projects, he exhibits through Galleries of choice throughout Australia. Most recently his Children’s Book illustrations have been used to decorate and wallpaper the Children’s Wards of the Gold Coast Griffith University Hospital on Queensland’s Gold Coast. “EAT YOUR GREENS” is one of a series titled “Nextinct” featuring Australia’s treasured but endangered native Wildlife focusing on the Koala.