Buy or bid for forest art at the Save Our Strathbogie Forest online art sale. Purchase some amazing and affordable art and help raise money for our legal case.
Visit the SOSF Facebook page to get involved on-line, better still, view the works in person at the Lomond Hotel, Nicholson St, Brunswick East, from the 11th to 28th January, 2024 (and have a celebratory drink while you’re there!). Some works can be viewed in Violet Town, by appointment (contact 0417 166 824 or 0432 599 044).
You can either purchase a work immediately at the buy now price, bid the reserve price, or you can bid what you would like to pay. New art works are being added all the time.
Works will be exhibited in Melbourne at the official launch, 11th January 2024. Catalogue available at the launch.
Here’s a taste…
Amy Cohen: no title, jelly print
Daniel Prentice: Mt Hotham, photograph 50 x 70 cmHorst Somma: Sea, acrylic on boardSerana Hunt Hughes: Metamorphosis, Digital Giclee Print, 16 x 20 cmNancy Gaymala Yunupingu: Wan’kurra, original etching on paperAnnette Walton: For the forest, Giclee PrintJen Wilson: Koala, acrylic on canvasSim Ayres: Forest Trees, framed print of original art, printed on high quality archival paper
The impact of planned burns on Large Old Trees, LOTs, is a major cause of their decline and the decline of fauna that depend on these trees for survival.
LOTs are the immediate and visible victims of planned burns – both during preparation for the burns and from the burns themselves. This matters, as LOTs are critical components, keystone structures, in all our native forests. In the Strathbogie Forest they provide the vast majority of tree hollows for the Southern Greater Glider, the endangered species at the center of our legal challenge.
The Southern Greater Glider faces significant future threats, but primary among all threats that we have any direct control over, is the presence and availability of LOTs. So, let’s have a closer look.
An ancient Blue Gum (diameter at breast height 1.5 m), a known den tree for the Southern Greater Glider, with multiple large hollows and a hollow center pipe – highly vulnerable to any fire.
LOTs come in all shapes and sizes and in the Strathbogie Forest are almost exclusively eucalyptus trees. Eucalyptus are an incredibly diverse group of plants and define the landscape across much of the Australian continent.
One of their defining and ecologically most influential characteristics, is their propensity to develop hollows in still-living trees. Is it a coincidence that eucalyptus trees form hollows and Greater Gliders (and many other species) need and use these hollows? Hardly! We are witness to a multi million-year relationship where plants and animals have adapted to each other and their changing environment, to evolve the wondrous beauty of nature – that’s why people care!
A pop-up Forest Shop has opened in Binney Street, Euroa!
Our community of forest supporters continues to surprise, delight and empower with action and generosity. Sheila Inc Gallery in Binney Street is hosting this pop-up, an eclectic and gorgeous collection of forest and nature inspired art, plants, books and knickknacks. All in support of raising funds for our court challenge.
Items range from dog-eared and pre-loved favourites, to serious and exceptional artworks by noted and talented local artists. Some artwork will also be available in the online art auction – coming soon.
Shop for Christmas, shop for pleasure, or shop for solidarity – it’s all for a great cause!
Or simply give the gift of a tax-deductible donation to protect the Southern Greater Glider.
Southern Greater Glider in Mountain Gum (Eucalyptusdalrympleana), Strathbogie Forest. Image Helen Repacholi. And its forest home (below).
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