Karena Goldfinch: 'A Feast for Leadies'

Karena Goldfinch: 'A Feast for Leadies'  2022.

Eco-printed mountain hickory wattle on fabriano artistico watercolour paper. Two panels, each 75 x 29cm.

Instagram: @karenagoldfinch

My inspiration comes from nature, its fragility, its strength and our hand upon it. A visit to a logging coupe in Toolangi 12 years ago shocked me to the core. The fact that native forest logging continued after the catastrophic fires of 2009 when so much forest habitat was burned is simply insane. It’s well past time to respect the science.

I work with photography, textiles and printmaking. I’m the lead artist in the Great Tree Project, a group of creative women who are crafting a life size Mountain Ash Tree.