Patchwork 8/10

Art Size 100 x 75cm

The Northern Territory has a fire burning culture issue and finally reports are now coming out supporting this fact. Every year we burn for various reasons one being to reduce fuel load but in doing so we promote regrowth which increases fuel load. The problem is, it’s high fire fuel which is not what the native fuel load is. The tall foreign grasses outcompete the native grasses which can not sustain annual and multiple burnings each year. Eventually, they are replaced with high fuel load grasses which then carry fire up the trees into the canopy causing more damage. Australian native vegetation requires burning every 4 to 7 years to be sustainable otherwise we promote a patchwork of sparse vegetation which artistically is amazing underneath is dark and destructive.