‘Tennis Mum in Gondwana’ is an exploration of the breach between contemporary western society and nature. I have displaced an iconic urban stereo type in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia to illuminate the contrast between our identity and our natural environment. The gap in time is abruptly closed between our modern lives and the ageless Gondwana rainforest of 100 million years ago. The mists of time at once seem to reconcile these disparate forces (mother nature and a modern mother) yet shroud the scene with the impenetrable beautiful mysteries of the natural world.

2018 Alice Prize Finalist (Photography), Araluen Gallery, AS.

Location Eagle’s Nest Walking Track New England National Park | Christian Barraclough Model