Public Erasures Endangered Species

‘PUBLIC ERASURE - HEDGEHOG’ SATURDAY 17TH JUNE 3pm-4pm at Assemble in the Forest, Forest of Imagination, The Assembly Rooms , Bath

Public Erasures are interactive works where I invite the public to erase my drawings of endangered species as well as Public Erasures - White Wash and Green Wash where the public erases a painted image with a particular strike through or obliterating mark. The interactive element combined with the subject matter offers both a visceral and intellectual experience.

Many of these drawings and paintings have in mind the ‘disappearing marks’ of a species that are in danger of being lost from our visual vocabulary.

Grey Long-Eared Bat Plecotus austriacus

The grey long-eared bat is very rare in the UK which is at the northern edge of its range. As a result of Climate Change, the species is expected to move further North avoiding the rise in temperature. At present colonies are found in the South West of England reaching Somerset. It is hoped that making suitable areas for habitat in the rest of the uk will preserve the species. The Grey Long Eared Bat forages on moths, flies, and small beetles, using echolocation to locate its prey. Living around woodland edges, meadows, and large gardens and hibernating in barns, caves, and disused cellars.