Invasive Species: Scotch Broom Roots, 2018

Invasive Species: Scotch Thistle 2, 2017

Invasive Species: Scotch Thistle 4, 2017

Invasive Species: Scotch Thistle with Roots, 2017

Invasive Species: Scotch Thistle 3, 2017

Invasive Species: Scotch Thistle 1, 2017

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This drawing series explores the ecological and political significance of invasive species proliferation in relation to settler colonialism, a colonial project that sought to usurp and displace Indigenous People from their labour, land and resources.

Invasive species are any kind of living organism not native to an ecosystem that causes harm to the local ecology. I am currently focused on plants with names associated with the countries of my ancestry (e.g. Scotch Broom, Scotch Thistle, English Ivy). These drawings feature iconic images of the plants disrupted by extraneous gestures and marks.

An ongoing engagement with ambivalence is reflected in the materials and processes I use within these drawings. I want to interrupt representation and create tension between a physical gesture and the illusion it creates.