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fear hooked lustintheun mother! towardsthelight towardsthelight
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The figures in the artworks above are all painted on 100% Authentic Recycled Noxious Amphibian!

Yes folks, that's right... Cane Toads!

A little bit of background on the Cane Toad...

  • Queensland’s #1 feral pest and unofficial state mascot.
  • Ünmitigated disaster for the ecology and environment.
  • Ugly, stupid, dangerous and likes to sit in the middle of the road.
  • North Queensland roads are covered in flat cane toads.
  • To most people, there could be nothing more repulsive and worthless than a flat, dry, crusty 2 week dead Cane Toad, right?
  • Perfect...

At its core Toadscape involves the careful selection of only the very finest squashed Cane Toads available on the highways and byways of North Queensland, the gluing of these attractive and valuable artifacts onto primed artboard and their subsequent transformation with brush and paint into objects of High Art.

The most frequently asked question at this point is usually, " Why Dead Cane Toads?"

Long answer... CLICK HERE for whole sordid story as contained in the press release for the most recent Toadscape Exhibition.

Toadscape - Better than ordinary art because its got Dead Toads in it.

*Some of the above highly unique and collectible pieces are still available. Please email (below) for list.

 
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