Two Minutes Past Midnight by Suellen Saidee Cook wildlife The artwork tells the story

The artwork tells the story of a heyday long gone

Inspired by First Nations stories of the dreamtime and from the piece I created during lockdown

This is my painting of a wombat family enjoying an afternoon siesta among shady gum leaves

even though he is no longer with us his legacy lives on

Maybe it’s like being in your own castle

Two Minutes Past Midnight by Suellen Saidee Cook wildlife The artwork tells the storyThe lament of the last keeper of the light The phone was ringing, I woke up with a start. I looked at the clock, It was not very long after Id gone to bed. It was a wrong number. The person on the line was asking for someone I didnt recognise anymore. The full moon shone through the window lighting up the room. I was used to that. I felt the reality that I was to face, welling up inside me. The cruel pull of the life Id always known being wrenched