Art exhibition inspires a sense of wonder in threatened animals Coffs Coast Nambucca Valley by News Of The Area - Modern Media - February 14, 2025 Artworks by Nadia Waters include Moonlight Glide, a Southern Greater Glider (Petauroides volans). ARTIST Nadia Waters is presenting an exhibition entitled “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” featuring drawings of threatened animals from the Bellingen and Armidale areas. She will open the exhibition at Bellingen’s Nexus Gallery on Sunday 2 March, and it will run until 28 March. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au The artworks are a reminder of the human impact on biodiversity. “The fragile existence of these local animals facing habitat destruction from urban development and extreme weather, is highlighted through torn-edge cardboard,” Nadia said. The repurposed cardboard used for the artworks demonstrates beauty in the ordinary and supports sustainability. The raw softness and gentle quality of chalk and powder pastels emphasises the animals’ vulnerability. “Sweet animals like the Koala, Eastern Pygmy Possum and Diamond Firetails are shown alongside the majestic Masked Owl, the grand Southern Greater Glider and a kind pair of Glossy Black Cockatoos”. Circular sheltering branches of banksia and eucalypt carefully hold the animals in their environment. Nadia chooses her subject to share her passion that native wildlife is beautiful, deserving of nurture and preservation. “I hope people enjoy the exhibition, and that it inspires a sense of wonder in our natural world.” By Andrea FERRARI Hopscotch, a Sphagnum Frog (Philoria sphagnicolus). Casuarina Care, a Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami).
