A tree becomes a world.

Among its tangled branches, Australian white ibis gather, nest and raise their young - birds so casually diminished in the Australian vernacular to “bin chickens.” Here, they are returned to the tree. They become what they have always been: wild birds building a communal home - awkward, elegant, noisy, watchful and alive.

The dense network of branches was built through layered paint and direct impressions from natural twigs, allowing the architecture of the nest to emerge through both intention and accident.

Original oil on canvas.

91.4 × 91.4 cm · 2026