Melissa Smith - Understory #3
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Melissa Smith – Understory #3

Linocut
Edition of 30
Image size: 43 x 76 cm
Paper size: 43 x 76 cm
PCA Print Commission 2011

This image references an introduced plant species, which is often the first to take hold in a native area that has been disturbed. There is a dynamic balance to be found in such ecological systems, which are increasingly being altered by shifting climatic patterns and environmental changes.

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